A multicenter prospective cohort study of quality of life and economic outcomes after cataract surgery in Vietnam: The VISIONARY study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2138-2146

  Essue, Beverley M ^a   Li, Qiang ^b   Hackett, Maree L ^b   Keay, Lisa ^b   Iezzi, Beatrice ^c   Tran, Khanh Duong ^c   Tan Phuc, Huynh ^c   Jan, Stephen ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIET NAM; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; LOW VISION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84908897486     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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