The cost of visual impairment: purposes, perspectives, and guidance.

Effective delivery of health care extends from the laboratory to the homes of patients. Our research is designed to enhance our understanding of this process and thus to improve the care that patients actually use, including new methods of accessing care by interested parties. A key component is also to understand policy and financial factors that influence how care is provided. Specific aspects of the research program include: 1. evaluating and improving technical quality of care

My research relates to clinical practice improvement - from the development of clinical policies to their implementation in real world clinical settings. Most recently my major content focus has been cerebrovascular disease. Other major clinical areas in which I work include the range of disabling neurological conditions, cardiovascular disease, and cancer prevention. Notable features of my work are: (1) reliance on analytic strategies such as meta-analysis, simulation, decision analy