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Research Article

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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