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Insights into inpatients with poor vision: a high value proposition.
The researchers studied the initial feasibility and efficacy of screening and correcting inpatients’ vision. Over 800 hospitalized patients’ vision was screened. Those participants who failed a vision screen (Snellen chart) test performed by research assistants were given non-prescription readers that corrected most participants’ vision.
AHRQ-funded; HS016967.
Citation: Press VG, Matthiesen MI, Ranadive A .
Insights into inpatients with poor vision: a high value proposition.
J Hosp Med 2015 May;10(5):311-3. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2342..
Keywords: Eye Disease and Health, Screening, Inpatient Care, Hospitalization