Regional variation in indications for cataract surgery?
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 63 (3) , 281-284
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb06806.x
Abstract
A comparison of indications for cataract surgery in 3 major clinics was done. These clinics serve the population of 3 Danish counties for which the standard operation ratio previously has been shown to be below average, average and above average. Evaluated on basis of pre‐operative visual acuity in both eyes, no differences in the indications were found between the 3 clinics. Other possible determinants of rate variation might be differences in doctors' and patients' attitude towards cataract treatment, variation in cataract prevalence and in ophthalmic service supply.Keywords
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