An Innovative Australian Outreach Model of Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Remote Communities

Table 1

The documented diabetic population in remote communities visited by the screening program.

Remote community	2012		2013		2014
	Documented diabetic population ()	Patients screened ()	Documented diabetic population ()	Patients screened; ()	Documented diabetic population ()	Patients screened; ()
1	37	11	46	12	No screening
2	10(2013)	4	No screening		No screening
3	3(2013)	3	3	4	No screening
4	8	5	8(2012)	7	8(2012)	4
5	10	2	10(2012)	1	10	6
6	15	5	16	8	14	7
7	39	13	49	18	35	17
8	32	9	22	17	27	10
9	7(2013)	1	7	1	13	8
10	26	10	26	10	18	9
11	15	5	14	5	15	6
Total	202	68	201	83	140	67
Diabetic population screened (%)		33.7%		41.3%		47.9%

Note: where no data was available on the diabetic population in a particular community from a specific year, the diabetic population is used from a previous year and indicated with the year in subscript.
Note: the diabetic population was documented from community health records. Lists were obtained from a chronic disease database and updated by PHCs and the regional diabetes educator. Patients were excluded if they were deceased or had moved from the district.
These communities were screened early in 2015 due to changeover of the eye screening coordinator.