Barriers to Attending Eye Appointments among Underserved Adults

Maria A Woodward^{1

2}, V Swetha E Jeganathan¹, Weixia Guo³, Jean Cederna⁴, Paula Anne Newman-Casey^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Hope Clinic, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA.

Maria A Woodward et al. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2017 Oct-Dec.

. 2017 Oct-Dec;12(4):449-450.

doi: 10.4103/jovr.jovr_57_17.

Maria A Woodward^{1

2}, V Swetha E Jeganathan¹, Weixia Guo³, Jean Cederna⁴, Paula Anne Newman-Casey^{1

2}

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Hope Clinic, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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