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The Capacity of Eye Care Services for Patients with Glaucoma in Botswana

Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2015
To evaluate current delivery of glaucoma care in Botswana; in particular, the service infrastructure available and glaucoma-related workload.A multi-center cross-sectional study was undertaken comprising government eye care institutions and ophthalmic personnel across Botswana.
Malcolm G Kerr Muir, Chao Baemisi, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Mishell G Mutapanduwa, Keith R Martin, Alice Lehasa, Andrew White, Deborah Jankowski, Rosemary Falama, Mohammad S Razai, Matlhogonolo Mongwa, Dan Jackson, Evelyn Brealey, Jeremiah Ngondi, Engelinah Josiah   +14 more
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The Evolution of an Eye Care Program at a University Health Service

Journal of American College Health Association, 1981
Abstract Traditionally, eye care services have not always been included in college health services. The awareness of eye care as an integral part of primary health care and the efficaciousness of these services in prepaid group practices is changing this.
H O D Frederick Bloom, Barry W. Averill, Thomas C. McBride   +2 more
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Access to and Use of Eye Care Services in Rural Arkansas

The Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Rural residents are more likely to be uninsured and have low income.To determine if rural residents in Arkansas have decreased access to eye care services and use them less frequently than urban residents.Data from the 2006 Visual Impairment and Access to Eye Care Module from the Arkansas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used in ...
LaTonya Bynum, Appathurai Balamurugan, Greta Kilmer   +2 more
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Demand for Tertiary Eye Care Services in Developing Countries

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015
To analyze the experience of a large developing country tertiary ophthalmology system to identify generalizable information relevant for those planning similar centers elsewhere.Retrospective utilization analysis.A historical review of the development of the Aravind Eye Care system was undertaken to evaluate the services provided by various tertiary ...
Thulasiraj Ravilla, John H. Kempen, Ravindran D. Ravilla, Ganesh-Babu B. Subburaman, Luxme Hariharan   +4 more
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Eye care service utilization in older people seeking aged care

Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2006
AbstractBackground:  To assess the need for, and the use of eye care services in older people seeking aged care.Methods:  In total, 188 people (69.1% of those eligible) aged 65+ years who were assessed for aged care provision at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, were recruited in 2003 and re‐examined a year later.
Jie Jin Wang, Paul Mitchell, Elena Rochtchina, Richard I. Lindley, Tien Tay   +4 more
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Use of eye care services by older Australians: the Blue Mountains Eye Study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 1999
Purpose: To assess utilization of eye care services in an older Australian population. Methods: The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 permanent residents aged 49 years or older from two New South Wales postcode areas. At interview, we collected information about past attendance to eye care practitioners, demographic and socio‐economic status ...
Wayne Smith, Paul Mitchell, J. J. Wang
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Patients′ satisfaction with eye care services in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2014
Understanding the patients' perception of services received is essential as the parameters important to the patient may be quite different from that to the eye health provider.This study aims to evaluate patients' satisfaction with the care received from the pioneer teaching hospital in south-eastern Nigeria and use it to audit services.This was a ...
Ngozi C Oguego, IR Ezegwui, Obiekwe Okoye, Ada Aghaji, OI Okoye   +4 more
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Barriers to utilisation of eye care services in Kibera slums of Nairobi

East African Medical Journal, 2006
To identify the main barriers to utilisation of eye care services among the slum population of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya.Community based survey.Kibera slums, Nairobi City, Kenya.Randomly selected 1,438 Kibera slum dwellers aged over two years.Majority of subjects (83.3%) do not utilise the nearby well-established eye clinics. Twenty one percent of those
Ndegwa, LK, Karimurio, J, Okelo, RO, Adala, HS   +3 more
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Ocular adnexal lymphomas: An eye care service experience in Turkey

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 2018
This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and pathological features of ocular adnexal lymphoma (OAL) and the treatment results in an eye care service center in Turkey.The data sets of the patients diagnosed with OAL acquired between January 2008 and January 2016 were collected and analyzed.Fifteen patients were included in our study.
Reşat Duman, M S Dal, B Kiziltas, C Baskan   +3 more
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Primary eye care services offered to older adults

European Geriatric Medicine, 2015
Abstract Purpose Eye care services in long-term care facilities are not optimal and should be improved. In Canada, optometrists are the major providers of primary oculovisual examinations. Our objective was to evaluate the eye care services optometrists offer to older adults, in particular to frail older adults.
S.J. Leat, Hélène Kergoat, C. Faucher, S. Roy, Marie-Jeanne Kergoat   +4 more
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