Gaps in receipt of regular eye examinations among medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with diabetes or chronic eye diseases

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2452-2460

  Sloan, Frank A ^a   Yashkin, Arseniy P ^a   Chen, Yiqun ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOW VISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84963954661     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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