Health Economics Information in Wound Care: The Elephant in the Room.

Objective: To describe the role of health economics (HE) in wound care in relation to coverage and reimbursement.

Approach: Narrative description of key concepts with supporting references.

Results: The process of approval or clearance of wound care products within the U.

Visual acuity and refraction by age for children of three different ethnic groups in Paraguay.

Purpose: To characterize refractive errors in Paraguayan children aged 5-16 years and investigate effect of age, gender, and ethnicity.

Methods: The study was conducted at 3 schools that catered to Mennonite, indigenous, and mixed race children. Children were examined for presenting visual acuity, autorefraction with and without cycloplegia, and retinoscopy.

Risk factors of age-related macular degeneration in Argentina.

Purposes: To assess the risk factors of age-related macular degeneration in Argentina using a case-control study.

Methods: Surveys were used for subjects' antioxidant intake, age/gender, race, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes (and type of treatment), smoking, sunlight exposure, red meat consumption, fish consumption, presence of age-related macular degeneration and family history of age-related macular degeneration. Main effects models for logistic regression and ordinal logistic regression were used to analyze the results.