Outcomes of referrals by community optometrists to a hospital glaucoma service

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1102-1104

  Bowling, B ^a   Chen, S D M ^a   Salmon, J F ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 24044491262     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.064378     Document Type: Article

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