The peterborough scheme for community specialist optometrists in glaucoma: Results of 4 years of a two-tiered community-based assessment and follow-up service

Current Eye Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 690-696

  Roberts, Harry W ^a   Rughani, Keshma ^b   Syam, Padmanhaba ^a   Dhingra, Sumit ^a   Ramirez Florez, Susanna ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Specsavers Corporate Eyecare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Glaucoma; Optometrist; Shared care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSULTATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LOW RISK PATIENT; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPTOMETRIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIMETRY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL FIELD; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; COMMUNITY CARE; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84930718778     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2014.957326     Document Type: Review

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