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Incidence and Prevalence of Visual Diseases in the Geriatric Population
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This video discusses the incidence and prevalence of visual diseases in the aging population, ways to address the cost of care, and the unique challenges that face the aging patient.
Keywords
- paradigm shift and aging medicine
- multidisciplinary approach to eldercare
- cost associated with vision loss
- shift in population structure
- prevention-focused model of geriatric care
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
About this video
- Author(s)
- Andrew G. Lee
- Yi-Hsien Renee Yeh
- T. Ashwini Kini
- First online
- 22 November 2019
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30060-9_1
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-030-30060-9
- Publisher
- Springer, Cham
- Copyright information
- © Producer 2019
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