A cost analysis of pediatric cataract surgery at two child eye health tertiary facilities in Africa

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 559-562

  Evans, Centrael T ^a   Lenhart, Phoebe D ^a   Lin, Dan ^b   Yang, Zhou ^b   Daya, Trusha ^c   Kim, Young Min ^c   Seneadza, Asiwome ^d   Mboni, Chileshe ^d   Msukwa, Gerald ^e   Lewallen, Susan ^a,f   Courtright, Paul ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Eye Department Kitwe Central Hospital   (Zambia)

^e Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Blantyre   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALAWI; MEDICAL DEVICE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ZAMBIA; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FEE SCHEDULES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84915804598     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: 15283933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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