Uptake, Barriers and Outcomes in the Follow-up of Patients Referred for Free-of-Cost Cataract Surgery in the Sao Paulo Eye Study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 253-259

  Mitsuhiro, Marcia H ^a   Berezovsky, Adriana ^a   Belfort, Rubens ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^b   Salomao, Solange R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; cataract; cataract surgery; outcomes; uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT HISTORY OF CATARACT SURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84938309094     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2014.966849     Document Type: Article

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