Orthoptists reduce false-positive hospital referrals.

  • 1 January 1992
    • journal article
    • Vol. 24  (4) , 157-61
Abstract
This paper describes changes in the pattern of new referrals of children from birth to 2 years-of-age to the Hospital Eye Service in Oxford, following the implementation of a community-based orthoptic secondary vision-screening programme. The findings show that the number of false positive referrals was reduced by a half following the introduction of the service; false-positive referrals were also discharged sooner. This paper reports the findings of this survey and the results demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the programme compared to outpatient attendance.

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