Barriers and facilitators to diabetic retinopathy screening within Australian primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite recent incentives through Medicare (Australia's universal health insurance scheme) to increase retinal screening rates in primary care, comprehensive diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening has not been reached in Australia. The current study aimed to identify key factors affecting the delivery of diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening in Australian general practices.

Methods

A descriptive qualitative study involving in-depth interviews was carried out from November 2019 to March 2020. Using purposive snowballing sampling, 15 general practitioners (GPs) were recruited from urban and rural general practices in New South Wales and Western Australia. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from participants. All interviews were conducted over the

SUBMITTER: Watson MJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630186 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature