Review of referrals reveal the impact of referral content on the triage and management of ophthalmology wait lists.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many chronic eye conditions are managed within public hospital ophthalmology clinics resulting in encumbered wait lists. Integrated care schemes can increase system capacity. In order to direct implementation of a public hospital-based integrated eye care model, this study aims to evaluate the quality of referrals for new patients through information content, assess triage decisions of newly referred patients and evaluate the consistency of referral content for new patients referred multiple times.

Design

A retrospective and prospective review of all referral forms for new patients referred to a public hospital ophthalmology clinic between January 2016 and September 2017, and September 2017 and August 2018, respectively.

Setting

A referral-only public hospi

SUBMITTER: Khou V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424861 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature