Cluster-randomized controlled trial of the effects of free glasses on purchase of children’s glasses in China: The PRICE (Potentiating Rural Investment in Children’s Eyecare) study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Xiuqin ^a,b   Congdon, Nathan ^a,c,d   Ma, Yue ^e   Hu, Min ^f   Zhou, Yuan ^f   Liao, Weiqi ^a   Jin, Ling ^a   Xiao, Baixiang ^a   Wu, Xiaoyi ^a   Ni, Ming ^g   Yi, Hongmei ^h   Huang, Yiwen ^g   Varga, Beatrice ^g   Zhang, Hong ⁱ   Cun, Yongkang ^j   Li, Xianshun ^k   Yang, Luhua ^l   Liang, Chaoguang ^m   Huang, Wan ^g   Rozelle, Scott ⁿ   Ma, Xiaochen ^o   more..

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Yunnan Second People's Hospital   (China)

^g FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

ⁱ First People s Hospital of Honghe Prefecture   (China)

^j Dehong Prefecture People s Hospital   (China)

^k Clinical Laboratory Chuxiong Prefecture People's Hospital   (China)

^l Jianchuan County People s Hospital   (China)

^m First People s Hospital of Lancang County   (China)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE GLASSES; GLASS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHINA; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FREE SPECTACLES; GLASSES PURCHASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNCORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; UPGRADE GLASSESS; VISUAL ACUITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SPECTACLES;

CHILD; CHINA; COMMERCE; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 85034747509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187808     Document Type: Article

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