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Knowledge and practices of eye health professionals about the availability and accessibility of child eye care services in the public sector in Swaziland

African Vision and Eye Health, 2019
Background: International and African rights instruments stipulate that children have the right to access quality general and eye health care. Lack of access to quality eye care can have a significant negative impact on the child, family and society in ...
Velibanti Sukati, Vanessa R. Moodley, Khathutshelo P. Mashige   +2 more
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Eye care services and benefits paid by medical schemes in South Africa

African Vision and Eye Health, 2023
Background: Vision impairment (VI) affects people worldwide, and demographic factors like age are significantly linked to VI. Routine eye exams and other eye care treatments can detect and prevent common eye illnesses.
Michael M. Willie
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Alternate eye care services in a Ghanaian district

Ghana Medical Journal, 2006
To determine eye care services sought outside the regular hospital system and their providers.Akwapim South districtQuestionnaire survey and in depth interviews.We recruited 1,537 persons with a previous history of eye disease and alternate service providers (21 chemical shop attendants and 55 herbalists).
Ntim-Amponsah, CT, Amoaku, WMK, Ofosu-Amaah, S   +2 more
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Risk factors for glaucoma in nanophthalmos – a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Ophthalmology
Background Nanophthalmos, a rare ocular condition characterized by small but structurally normal eyes, presents a high risk for developing angle-closure glaucoma and related complications.
Sharmila Rajendrababu, Tos T. J. M. Berendschot, Vijayalakshmi A. Senthilkumar, Balasubramaniam Niranjana, Mythiri Rao, Udhayakumar Maghalakshmi, Mani Iswarya, Thandavarayan Kumaragurupari, Selvaraj Jerrome, Carroll A. B. Webers   +9 more
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Characteristics of eye care practices with managed care contracts [PDF]

, 2002
Objectives: To describe the variation in practice structure, financial arrangements, and utilization and quality management systems for eye care practices with managed care contracts. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey of 88 group and 56 solo eye care
Wickstrom, Steven L., Solomon, Matthew D., Lee, Paul P., Adams, John L., Adams, John L, Mangione, Carol M, Wickstrom, Steven L, Solomon, Matthew D, Lee, Paul P, Escarce, José J, Mangione, Carol M., Kapur, Kanika, Escarce, José J.   +12 more
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Advocacy for eye care

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
The effectiveness of eye care service delivery is often dependant on how the different stakeholders are aligned. These stakeholders range from the ministries of health who have the capacity to grant government subsidies for eye care, down to the primary ...
Thulasiraj D Ravilla, Dhivya Ramasamy
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Demand-side financing: can it help deliver eye care for all? [PDF]

, 2022
Demandside financing mechanisms in eye care can be a tool to achieve universal eye health coverage by increasing access and utilisation of key eye health ...
Jones, Iain, Ravilla, T, Ravilla, Thulsiraj, Shamanna, BR, Jones, I, Murthy, GVS   +5 more
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Utilisation of eye care services by urban and rural Australians [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002
To investigate factors related to the use of eye care services in Australia.Health, eye care service use, and sociodemographic data were collected in a structured interview of participants in a population based study. All participants had a standard eye examination.Men (OR 1.3 CL 1.02, 1.7), those who spoke Greek (OR 2.1 CL 1.1, 3.8) or Italian (OR 1.9
Keeffe, JE, Weih, LAM, McCarty, CA, Taylor, HR   +3 more
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Traditional healers' roles on eye care services in Nepal [PDF]

British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005
To evaluate the traditional healer (TH) training programme carried out by Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, a non-governmental organisation in Nepal, by measuring the changes in knowledge and practices of trained THs in providing primary eye care services.103 trained THs practising in six districts of Nepal were interviewed with a semistructured questionnaire ...
A K, Poudyal, M, Jimba, B K, Poudyal, S, Wakai   +3 more
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Advanced Vision Analyzer–Virtual Reality Perimeter

Ophthalmology Science, 2021
Purpose: To evaluate the Advanced Vision Analyzer (AVA; Elisar Vision Technology) and to compare pointwise threshold sensitivity and functional correlation of Elisar Standard Algorithm (ESA) with the Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm (SITA) of the ...
Priya Narang, MS, Amar Agarwal, FRCS, FRCOphth, Maheswari Srinivasan, MOptom, FIACLE, Ashvin Agarwal, MS   +3 more
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