Open AccessA Comprehensive Overview of Vision Screening Programmes across 46 Countries
Author(s) -
Jill Carlton,
Helen Griffiths,
Paolo Mazzone,
Anna M. Horwood,
Frea Sloot,
EUSCREEN Study Consortium
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
british and irish orthoptic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2516-3590
pISSN - 1743-9868
DOI - 10.22599/bioj.260
Subject(s) - attendance , medicine , optometry , data quality , developing country , quality assurance , data collection , family medicine , test (biology) , environmental health , pediatrics , economic growth , business , external quality assessment , paleontology , metric (unit) , statistics , mathematics , pathology , marketing , economics , biology
To describe and compare vision screening programmes and identify variance in number and type of tests used, timing of screening, personnel involved, monitoring and funding to be used as data for optimising, disinvesting or implementing future screening programmes.