The effect of changes in referral behaviour following NICE guideline publication on agreement of examination findings between professionals in an established glaucoma referral refinement pathway: The Health Innovation & Education Cluster (HIEC) Glaucoma Pathways project

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-214

  Ratnarajan, Gokulan ^a,b,c   Newsom, Wendy ^d,e   French, Karen ^d   Kean, Jane ^d   Chang, Lydia ^d,e   Parker, Mike ^b   Garway Heath, David F ^e   Bourne, Rupert Richard Alexander ^a,b,d,e  

^a Innovation and Education Cluster ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84872899279     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302352     Document Type: Article

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