An estimate of patient costs and benefits of the new primary eye care model utilization through vision centers in Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Published in Asia Pac J Public Health on May 18, 2010

Authors

Vilas Kovai1, Gullapalli N Rao, Brien Holden, Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, Shubhra K Bhattacharya, Srinivas Marmamulla, Rohit Khanna

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. vilaskovai@lvpei.org

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