Effect of providing free glasses on children's educational outcomes in China: Cluster randomized controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ma, Xiaochen ^a,b   Zhou, Zhongqiang ^c   Yi, Hongmei ^d   Pang, Xiaopeng ^e   Shi, Yaojiang ^f   Chen, Qianyun ^c   Meltzer, Mirjam E ^c   Cessie, Saskia Le ^g   He, Mingguang ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Liu, Yizhi ^c   Congdon, Nathan ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^e RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^f NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE REFRACTION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MYOPIA; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84907221221     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5740     Document Type: Article

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