Australian optometric and ophthalmologic referral pathways for people with age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 248-255

  Jamous, Khalid F ^a,b   Jalbert, Isabelle ^a   Kalloniatis, Michael ^a   Boon, Mei Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Diabetic retinopathy; Glaucoma; low vision rehabilitation; Ophthalmologist; Optometrist; Referral pathways

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CELL COUNT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899649442     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12119     Document Type: Article

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