Factors influencing non-attendance to scheduled eye surgery in rural Swaziland

Factors influencing non-attendance to scheduled eye surgery in rural Swaziland

Background: Blindness in low-income countries has significant negative impacts on patients and their communities. The World Health Organization’s ‘Vision 2020’ target requires increased numbers of ophthalmic surgeries targeting avoidable blindness to overcome this. There have been studies on barrier...

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Main Authors: Alexander J.S. Norris, Caroline E. Norris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2019-02-01
Series:African Vision and Eye Health
Subjects:
patient
factors
affecting
non-attendance
attendance
eye
surgery
ophthalmology
ophthalmological
rural
Swaziland
Africa
sub-Saharan
Online Access:https://avehjournal.org/index.php/aveh/article/view/490

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