Why a successful task substitution in glaucoma care could not be transferred from a hospital setting to a primary care setting: A qualitative study

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holtzer Goor, Kim M ^a   Plochg, Thomas ^b   Lemij, Hans G ^c   van Sprundel, Esther ^c,d   Koopmanschap, Marc A ^a   Klazinga, Niek S ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Glaucoma Research Unit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Diffusion of innovation; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; OPTOMETRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872782354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-14     Document Type: Article

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