Proposing new indicators for glaucoma healthcare service
作者机构:Clinical and Epidemiological Eye Research CenterThe Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhouChina Centre for Public HealthQueens UniversityBelfastUK Beijing Tongren Eye CenterBeijing Tongren HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina Kellogg Eye CenterUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMIUSA Eye HospitalSchool of Optometry and OphthalmologyWenzhou Medical CollegeNo.270Xue Yuan Xi RoadWenzhouZhejiang 3250027China
出 版 物:《Eye and Vision》 (眼视光学杂志(英文))
年 卷 期:2017年第4卷第1期
页 面:26-29页
核心收录:
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
基 金:funded by Wenzhou Medical University R&D Fund,No.QTJ13009 Health Innovation Talents in Zhejiang Province(2016).No.25
主 题:Glaucoma coverage rate Glaucoma detection rate Glaucoma follow-up adherence rate Healthcare indicator
摘 要:Glaucoma is the first leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide with increasing importance in public *** of glaucoma care quality as well as efficiency would benefit public health assessments,but are *** propose three such ***,the glaucoma coverage rate(GCR),which is the number of people known to have glaucoma divided by the total number of people with glaucoma as estimated from population-based studies multiplied by 100%.Second,the glaucoma detection rate(GDR),which is number of newly diagnosed glaucoma patients in one year divided by the population in a defined area in ***,the glaucoma follow-up adherence rate(GFAR),calculated as the number of patients with glaucoma who visit eye care provider(s)at least once a year over the total number of patients with glaucoma in given eye care provider(s)in a specific *** tracking and reporting these three indicators may help to improve the healthcare system performance at national or regional levels.