Referrals from Primary Eye Care: An Investigation into their quality, levels of false positives and psychological effect on patients.

Previous research into the accuracy of referrals for glaucoma has shown that a large number of referrals to the Hospital Eye Service are false positive. Research in areas of healthcare other than ophthalmology has shown that psychological distress can be caused by false positive referrals. The prese...

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Main Author: Davey, Christopher J.
Other Authors: Elliott, David B.
Language:en
Published: University of Bradford 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5526