The effectiveness of Teleglaucoma versus in-patient examination for Glaucoma screening: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Thomas, Sera Melisa ^a   Jeyaraman, Maya ^a   Hodge, William G ^a,b   Hutnik, Cindy ^b   Costella, John ^c   Malvankar Mehta, Monali S ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEDIAGNOSIS; TELEGLAUCOMA; ECONOMICS; MASS SCREENING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TELEMEDICINE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84916217643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113779     Document Type: Article

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