The role of secondary level eye care teams in engaging with and supporting primary eye care [PDF]
, 2022 Primary eye health care teams have the potential to drastically reduce the burden on secondary level eye care teams and to improve access and quality of care for patients – provided they receive the support they ...
Patel, D
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Perspectives on primary eye care [PDF]
Community Eye Health Journal, 2009 We think of primary eye care (PEC), and any kind of primary health care (PHC), as a ‘frontline’ activity, providing care and identifying disease before it becomes a serious medical issue.
GVS Murthy, Usha Raman
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Clinical procedures in primary eye care
, 2020 NoFrom the publisher - Well organized and easy to read, Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care, 5th Edition, takes an accessible, step-by-step approach to describing the commonly used primary care procedures that facilitate accurate diagnosis and ...
Elliott, David
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - an international series: United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2010 INTRODUCTION: The UK National Health Service (NHS) is essentially publicly funded through general taxation. Challenges facing the NHS include the rise in prevalence of long-term conditions and financial pressures.
Allison Worth +14 more
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The Accuracy of Accredited Glaucoma Optometrists in the Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendation for Glaucoma [PDF]
, 2007 Background/aims: To compare the diagnostic performance of accredited glaucoma optometrists (AGO) for both the diagnosis of, and decision to treat glaucoma with that of routine hospital eye care against a reference standard of expert opinion, i.e ...
Burr, J. +12 more
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Using primary health care (PHC) workers and key informants for community based detection of blindness in children in Southern Malawi. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: There is great interest in providing primary eye care (PEC) through integration into primary health care (PHC). However, there is little evidence of the productivity of PHC workers in offering primary eye care after training and integration ...
Gilbert, Clare +11 more
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Characteristics of eye care practices with managed care contracts [PDF]
, 2002 Objectives: To describe the variation in practice structure, financial arrangements, and utilization and quality management systems for eye care practices with managed care contracts. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey of 88 group and 56 solo eye care
Wickstrom, Steven L. +6 more
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Improving the health of people with multimorbidity: the need for prospective cohort studies [PDF]
, 2011 The dramatic rise in long-term conditions (LTCs) represents a major challenge for individuals, families, and health care systems worldwide. Due to the scale of this rise, the management of patients with LTCs largely falls within the domain of primary ...
Stewart W. Mercer +11 more
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Health systems analysis of eye care services in Zambia: evaluating progress towards VISION 2020 goals. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: VISION 2020 is a global initiative launched in 1999 to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. The objective of this study was to undertake a situation analysis of the Zambian eye health system and assess VISION 2020 process indicators on ...
Bozzani, FM +11 more
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Improving eye care in the primary health care setting
Curationis, 2000 One of the challenges facing primary health care in South Africa is the delivery of quality eye care to all South Africans. In this regard the role of the primary health care worker, as the first point of contact, is crucial.
M de Wet, L Ackermann
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