The Peterborough scheme for community specialist optometrists in glaucoma: A feasibility study

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1156-1164

  Syam, P ^a   Rughani, K ^b   Vardy, S J ^a   Rimmer, T ^a   Fitt, A ^a   Husain, T ^a   McInerney, L ^a   Broome, D ^a   Driver, R ^c   Wormald, R ^d   Ramirez Florez, S ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Specsavers Corporate Eyecare   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care pathway; competence; glaucoma; ophthalmologists; optometrists; shared care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMPHREY VISUAL FIELD TEST; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPTOMETRIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PETERBOROUGH SCHEME; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 77954714032     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.327     Document Type: Article

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