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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2004 Jun;122(6):857–863. doi: 10.1001/archopht.122.6.857

Performance Measures for 21 Clinical Centers by Type of Center*.

Performance Measure Community-Based Center (n = 13) University-Based Center (n = 8)
Patient accrual, No. 45 46.5
Scheduled examinations completed, % 91 94
2-y Masked vision examinations completed, % 81 88
Scheduled health-related quality-of-life telephone interviews completed, % 81 90
Vision examination data transmitted promptly, % 76 86
Retina photographs arrived promptly, % 74 76
*

Data are given as medians.

Centrally administered health-related quality-of-life telephone interviews were undertaken to assess patient-centered outcomes. Interview instruments included the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire,12 the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey,13 the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale,14 and the SST Vision Preference Value Scale.15