Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Ramke, Jacqueline ^a   Petkovic, Jennifer ^b   Welch, Vivian ^c   Blignault, Ilse ^d   Gilbert, Clare ^e   Blanchet, Karl ^e   Christensen, Robin ^f   Zwi, Anthony B ^g   Tugwell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CHINA; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISUAL DISORDER;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 85032957692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011307.pub2     Document Type: Review

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