Cost Effectiveness of Screening for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
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Validity and cost-effectiveness of methods for screening of primary open angle glaucoma
HEALTH POLITICAL BACKGROUND About 950,000 people are affected by glaucoma in Germany, about 50% of which are undiagnosed. The German Ophthalmological Society and the German Association of Ophthalmologists recommend a screening for glaucoma according to their guidelines. The Federal Joint Committee disapproved a glaucoma-screening program on expense of the compulsory health insurance in 2004. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Screening
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0969-1413,1475-5793
DOI: 10.1177/096914139600300309