The effectiveness of schemes that refine referrals between primary and secondary care - The UK experience with glaucoma referrals: The Health Innovation & Education Cluster (HIEC) Glaucoma Pathways Project

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Ratnarajan, Gokulan ^a,b,c   Newsom, Wendy ^d,e   Vernon, Stephen A ^f   Fenerty, Cecilia ^g   Henson, David ^g   Spencer, Fiona ^g   Wang, Yanfang ^g   Harper, Robert ^g   McNaught, Andrew ^h   Collins, Lisa ^h   Parker, Mike ^b   Lawrenson, John ⁱ   Hudson, Robyn ^a   Khaw, Peng Tee ^e   Wormald, Richard ^e   Garway Heath, David ^e   Bourne, Rupert ^a,b,d,e  

^a North Central London and Essex Health 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)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880600491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002715     Document Type: Article

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