Evaluating the cost and wait-times of a task-sharing model of care for diabetic eye care: a case study from Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether a collaborative model of care that uses task-sharing for the management of low-risk diabetic retinopathy, Community Eye Care (C-EYE-C), can improve access to care and better use resources, compared with hospital-based care.

Design

Retrospective audit of medical and financial records to compare two models of care.

Setting

A large, urban tertiary Australian publicly funded hospital.

Intervention

C-EYE-C is a collaborative care model, involving community-based optometrist assessment and 'virtual review' by ophthalmologists to manage low-risk patients. The C-EYE-C model of care was implemented from January to October 2017.

Participants

New low-risk patient referrals with diabetes received at a tertiary hospital ophthalmology u

SUBMITTER: Tahhan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537459 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature