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Original Article

Reversal in Gender Valuations of Cataract Surgery After the Implementation of Free Screening and Low-Priced High-Quality Surgery in a Rural Population of Southern China

Elaine Baruwa Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jonathan Tzu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Nathan Congdon Department of Ophthalmology and School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou, China
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Mingguang He Zhonghsan Ophthalmic Center, Guangzhou, China
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Kevin D. Frick Department of Health Policy and Management, and Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pages 99-104 | Received 11 Sep 2007, Accepted 04 Feb 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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