Outreach screening to address demographic and economic barriers to diabetic retinopathy care in rural China.
<h4>Importance</h4>Poor access to existing care for diabetic retinopathy (DR) limits effectiveness of proven treatments.<h4>Objectives</h4>We examined whether outreach screening in rural China improves equity of access.<h4>Design, setting and participants</h4>We c...
Main Authors: | Baixiang Xiao, Gareth D Mercer, Ling Jin, Han Lin Lee, Tingting Chen, Yanfang Wang, Yuanping Liu, Alastair K Denniston, Catherine A Egan, Jia Li, Qing Lu, Ping Xu, Nathan Congdon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266380 |
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