Effective cataract surgical coverage: An indicator for measuring quality-of-care in the context of Universal Health Coverage.

OBJECTIVE:To define and demonstrate effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC), a candidate UHC indicator that combines a coverage measure (cataract surgical coverage, CSC) with quality (post-operative visual outcome). METHODS:All Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) surveys with datasets...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Ramke, Clare E Gilbert, Arier C Lee, Peter Ackland, Hans Limburg, Allen Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5382971?pdf=render