OBJECTIVE To estimate the long-term cost-effectiveness of a hypothetical screening program for untreated amblyopia in 3-year-old children conducted by orthoptists in all German kindergartens in the year 2000. METHODS A cost-utility analysis was performed for which a decision tree was combined with a Markov model. Incremental costs and effects during the children's remaining lifetime were esti...

Conclusion The PSCS provides care in the community and has released capacity at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS). The orthoptic referral triage system directs patients appropriately to PSCS or UHNS appointments. The refractive prescribing guidelines help to maintain a standardised quality of care. Electronic referral management reduces administrative error. Referral pathway...

S: 1. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 Oct;43(10):3209-15. Economic evaluation of orthoptic screening: results of a field study in 121 German kindergartens. Konig HH, Barry JC, Leidl R, Zrenner E. Department of Health Economics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. [email protected] PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze the cost-effectiveness of an orthoptic screeni...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Orthoptic exercises are routinely prescribed to treat symptoms of convergence insufficiency (CI). The type and duration of treatment tends to vary among providers as until recently, few strong randomized control studies have addressed the efficacy of convergence insufficiency management. The aim of this paper is to address these studies and discuss their limitations. ME...