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Awareness and Use of Eye Care Services in Fiji
Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2006To determine the awareness, use, and barriers to use of eye services in Fiji's Central Province.A cross-sectional survey study design with random clusters of households was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted (152 females and 22 males). For 267 household members, presenting distance and near visual acuities were measured, and the perception
Jacqueline Ramke +2 more
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Utilization of eye care services by Victorians likely to benefit from eye care
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2004Abstract Aim: To assess the utilization of eye care services by Australians most likely to benefit from eye assessment. Methods: The Melbourne Visual Impairment Project was a population‐based study that collected demographic, health and vision‐related information including use of eye care services.
Bickol N Mukesh +2 more
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Access to and Use of Eye Care Services in Rural Arkansas
Journal of Rural Health, 2010Rural 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 ...
Greta Kilmer, Appathurai Balamurugan
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Use of eye care services by older Australians: the Blue Mountains Eye Study
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 1999Purpose: 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 ...
Jie Jin Wang
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Utilization of eye care services in Victoria
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2006AbstractPurpose: To determine baseline eye care utilization by older Victorians in order to assess change in 2 years after an eye health promotion campaign.Methods: A letter of invitation to participate was sent to all people aged 70–79 years in randomly selected Melbourne postcode areas.
Andreas, Müller +4 more
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Health Policy and Eye Care Services in Jamaica
Optometry and Vision Science, 2000ABSTRACT: Purpose To test the hypothesis that access to and amount of eye care services in Jamaica are inadequate and that this is related to insufficient eye care personnel and legal limitations on optometric practice in Jamaica ...
N, Buchanan, S M, Horwitz
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Establishing an indigenous tele-eye care service
2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015We describe the establishment of a new tele-eye care solution over a Broadband Satellite service, connecting metropolitan-based ophthalmologists to patients with eye conditions in rural and remote Australia. A trial of the service demonstrates the ability of the telehealth system to close the gap in access to eye care services for adult Australians ...
Yogesan Kanagasingam +4 more
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In Focus: Seamless eye care services
Optician, 2021Andrew McClean explores what the future holds for optometry in Wales
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Use of eye care services by Indigenous Australian adults
Medical Journal of Australia, 201139 (28%) 4 (3%) 71 (52%) 8 (6%) 1 (1%) 14 (10%) 137 17.7 < 0.01 Outer regional 51 (34%) 6 (4%) 56 (37%) 13 (9%) 1 (1%) 25 (16%) 152 18.3 < 0.01 Remote 55 (28%) 9 (5%) 79 (40%) 12 (6%) 2 (1%) 42 (21%) 199 — 0.16* Very remote coastal 27 (14%) 8 (4%) 81 (43%) 30 (16%) 2 (1%) 41 (22%) 189 — 0.87* Very remote inland 49 (33%) 15 (10%) 43 (29%) 21 (14%)
Anna-Lena M R, Arnold +3 more
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Demand for Tertiary Eye Care Services in Developing Countries
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015To 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 ...
Ganesh-Babu B, Subburaman +4 more
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