The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of second-eye cataract surgery: a systematic review and economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 68, 2014, Pages

  Frampton, Geoff ^a   Harris, Petra ^a   Cooper, Keith ^a   Lotery, Andrew ^a   Shepherd, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FALLING; FEMALE; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VISION TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE; VISION TESTS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84912027020     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta18680     Document Type: Article

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