Clinical model assisting with the collaborative care of glaucoma patients and suspects

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 308-319

  Jamous, Khalid F ^a,d   Kalloniatis, Michael ^a   Hennessy, Michael P ^c   Agar, Ashish ^c   Hayen, Andrew ^b   Zangerl, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic study; Glaucoma; Ophthalmologist; Optometry; Patient management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLABORATIVE CARE; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPTOMETRIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; COOPERATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84932188689     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12466     Document Type: Article

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