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Original Article

Economic Evaluation of Blind Rehabilitation for Veterans With Macular Diseases in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Kevin T. Stroupe Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois; Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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Joan A. Stelmack Blind Rehabilitation Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois; Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Illinois At Chicago, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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X. Charlene Tang Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Domenic J. Reda Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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D'Anna Moran Blind Rehabilitation Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Stephen Rinne Blind Rehabilitation Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Rickilyn Mancil W. G. Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
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Yongliang Wei Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Roger Cummings W. G. Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
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Gary Mancil W. G. Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
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Nancy Ellis Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Robert W. Massof Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
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Pages 84-91 | Received 09 Jul 2007, Accepted 28 Feb 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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