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Regional variation in indications for cataract surgery?
Author(s) -
BernthPetersen Peter
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb06806.x
Subject(s) - medicine , danish , cataract surgery , variation (astronomy) , optometry , visual acuity , ophthalmology , population , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , physics , astrophysics
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.