Health Service Use and Mortality of the Elderly Blind

Purpose To determine whether blindness in older people is associated with increased health service use and mortality. Design Retrospective matched cohort study from July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2010. Participants A blind cohort 65 years of age and older from a volunteer blind register and a cohort...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Minn.), 2015-11, Vol.122 (11), p.2344-2350
Hauptverfasser:	Crewe, Julie M., PGSci, Spilsbury, Katrina, PhD, Morlet, Nigel, FRANZCO, Morgan, William H., PhD, FRANZCO, Mukhtar, Aqif, MSc, Clark, Antony, PhD, Semmens, James B., PhD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Blindness - epidemiology Emergency Medical Services - statistics & numerical data Female Health Services for the Aged - utilization Hospital Mortality Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data Ophthalmology Registries - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Visually Impaired Persons - statistics & numerical data Western Australia - epidemiology
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