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Screening for diabetic retinopathy by optometrists: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness

Mason, James; Drummond, Mike - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1995

This report examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for diabetic retinopathy by optometrists …. There are strong arguments for screening. Diabetic retinopathy is an important public health problem, there is an effective … treatment, the natural history of the disease is well understood, adequate and acceptable screening exists and the cost of case …

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Is there too much laboratory testing?

Leese, Brenda - Centre for Health Economics, Department of Economics … - 1991

There is evidence that the numbers of diagnostic tests performed in hospital laboratories could be reduced without affecting outcomes to patients, and with significant concommitant reduction in costs. The concentration of testing in centralised laboratories located in larger hospitals, and the...

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