By Mirjam Verkleij and Eveline Heijnsdijk Having to deal with budget constraints, health care policy-makers are to plan their decisions on evidence that a new health care programme is cost-effective. However, multiple criteria must be taken into account when deciding on a new population-based screening programme. This study aimed to develop a user-friendly, practical tool [...]

By Jill Carlton, Helen Griffiths and Paolo Mazzone Mapping and documenting existing vision screening provision across all European countries has involved several stages. Analysis of the completed questionnaire data has been implemented. Progress on the analysis has been influenced by when country representatives submitted data, but also by the amount of data submitted.  Initially a [...]

By Anna Horwood Data being collected in Sheffield is showing that photoscreening is used widely in the EUSCREEN partner countries and around the world, but that it is rarely introduced as a stand-alone test and in many countries it has been introduced as an add-on to existing healthcare provision. Anna Horwood’s and the University of [...]