A hospital rental system for low vision aids.
Costly low vision aids are rented to patients by the Otago Hospital Board. Occupational therapists see the patients in the Low Vision Clinic and then as necessary in their homes. As a consequence accurate follow-up and analysis of the help provided by these aids is available. Patients with senile macular degeneration use telescopic reading aids for an average of 27 months after they are prescribed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007860:Leasing, Property; D007909:Lenses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D013995:Time; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D014785:Vision, Ocular