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Original Article

Economic evaluation of medication, laser trabeculoplasty and filtering surgeries in treating patients with glaucoma in the US

Louis B. Cantor Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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L. Jay Katz Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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J. Wang Cheng Quorum Consulting Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
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Er Chen Quorum Consulting Inc., San Francisco, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Kuo B. Tong Quorum Consulting Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
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John W. Peabody Sg2 Health Care Intelligence, Skokie, IL, USA and University of California, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medicine and Health Services, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pages 2905-2918 | Accepted 31 Jul 2008, Published online: 02 Sep 2008

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