Three‐year outcomes of an optometrist‐led virtual clinic for new glaucoma referrals

The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the outcomes of an optometrist‐led virtual glaucoma clinic (VGC).

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Ophthalmic & physiological optics

• Publication date

  2023-03-17

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/opo.13124PMID 36930523
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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