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Perfil socioeconômico e epidemiológico dos pacientes submetidos à cirurgia de catarata em um hospital universitário

2008; Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia; Volume: 67; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0034-72802008000500004

ISSN

1982-8551

Autores

Beatriz de Abreu Fiúza Gomes, Ana Luiza Biancardi, Camila Netto, Fernanda Ferreira Pires Gaffree, Haroldo Vieira de Moraes,

Tópico(s)

Global Maternal and Child Health

Resumo

PURPOSE: To determine the socio-economic characteristics of the patients who were submitted to cataract surgery in a university hospital, to evaluate the accessibility to the tertiary health service and to determine the waiting time for cataract surgery. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of medical charts from 148 random patients who underwent cataract surgery during the first semester of 2007. RESULTS: The patients in this study had median of age of 70.5 years, and the major prevalence was of female (60.1%), caucasian [...]

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