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Economic cost of cataract surgery procedures in an established eye care centre in Southern India

R. Muralikrishnan MHM, MSc Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology Madurai Tamil Nadu IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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R. Venkatesh MD Aravind Eye Hospital, Gandhi Nagar Madurai Tamil Nadu India
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Venkatesh Prajna Aravind Eye Hospital, Gandhi Nagar Madurai Tamil Nadu India
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Kevin Frick Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Departments of Health Policy & Management and International Health Johns Hopkins University, Departments of Economics and Ophthalmology Baltimore Maryland USA
Pages 369-380 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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