Barriers to follow-up and strategies to improve adherence to appointments for care of chronic eye diseases

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4324-4331

  Thompson, Atalie C ^a   Thompson, Matthew O ^a   Young, David L ^b   Lin, Richard C ^c   Sanislo, Steven R ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^a   Singh, Kuldev ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Protiviti India Member Firm   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Appointment adherence; Diabetic retinopathy; Follow up; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941281210     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16444     Document Type: Article

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