Factors influencing the output of rural cataract surgical facilities in china: The sharp study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1283-1291

  Chen, Tingting ^a   Jin, Ling ^a   Zhou, Zhongqiang ^a   Huang, Yiwen ^b   Yan, Xixi ^a   Liu, Tianyu ^a   Ong, Ee Lin ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Huang, Wenyong ^a   Iezzi, Beatrice ^b   He, Mingguang ^a,c   Friedman, David S ^c,d   Congdon, Nathan G ^a,e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; China; Productivity; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923306704     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16263     Document Type: Article

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