The impact of glaucoma referral refinement criteria on referral to, and first-visit discharge rates from, the hospital eye service: The Health Innovation & Education Cluster (HIEC) Glaucoma Pathways project

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-189

  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 Ra ^a,b,d,e  

^a Essex Health Innovation 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

First visit discharge rate; Glaucoma; National Institute for Health Clinical Excellence Glaucoma Guidelines; Optometrists with specialist interest in glaucoma; Referral refinement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OPTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873905423     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12029     Document Type: Article

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