How to defuse a demographic time bomb: The way forward?

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1519-1522

  Buchan, J C ^a   Amoaku, W ^b   Barnes, B ^c   Cassels Brown, A ^d   Chang, B Y ^d   Harcourt, J ^e   Shickle, D ^f   Spencer, A F ^g   Vernon, S A ^h   Macewen, C ⁱ  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Nottingham Science Park   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85033476665     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.114     Document Type: Note

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