Evaluation of alternate outreach models for cataract services in rural Nepal
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Evaluation of alternate outreach models for cataract services in rural Nepal
BACKGROUND Bharatpur Eye Hospital in Chitwan District, a primarily agrarian setting in south-central Nepal, reduced the number of diagnostic screening and treatment (DST) camps by one half (151 to 75) in an attempt to increase both the efficiency of its outreach program and the number of people that go directly to the hospital for service. The Hospital evaluated the two program models in terms ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-9