A population-based cross-sectional study of barriers to uptake of eye care services in South India: The Rapid Assessment of Visual Impairment (RAVI) project

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Marmamula, Srinivas ^a   Khanna, Rohit C ^a   Shekhar, Konegari ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; VISION DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84903482458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005125     Document Type: Article

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