A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Analysis of the Racial and Geographic Variations in Cataract Surgery.
Cataract surgery is the most common surgery performed on beneficiaries of Medicare, accounting for more than $3.4 billion in annual expenditures. The purpose of this study is to examine racial and geographic variations in cataract surgery rates and determine the association between the racial compos...
Main Authors: | Sara Shahbazi, James Studnicki, Charles Wayne Warner-Hillard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4635007?pdf=render |
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