{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,29]],"date-time":"2026-04-29T16:48:04Z","timestamp":1777481284284,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":23,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,10]],"date-time":"2019-01-10T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1547078400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":9,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Ophthalmic Physiologic Optic"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,1]]},"abstract":"Abstract<\/jats:title>\n \n Purpose<\/jats:title>\n \n Corneal and conjunctival injuries (\n CCI<\/jats:styled-content>\n ) comprise a large portion of the cases presenting to hospital\u2010based emergency departments (\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n ) with ocular involvement. Urgent Care Centres (\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n ) offer community based emergency care at lower cost than hospital\u2010based emergency departments (\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n ) and with greater temporal convenience than primary care office settings. While\n CCI<\/jats:styled-content>\n prevalence and treatment at hospital\u2010based\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n s has been well studied, this is the first report, to our knowledge, on\n CCI<\/jats:styled-content>\n demographics and aetiology presenting to\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n s.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n This retrospective study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. The setting is a\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n system in Israel, modelled on\n USA<\/jats:styled-content>\n urgent care facilities, consisting of 17 branches at the time of the study. Electronic medical record data (between November 1, 2015 and October 31, 2016) of patients diagnosed with corneal disorder, foreign body or eye disorder were retrieved and reviewed for inclusion\/exclusion criteria. Data collected included gender, age, chief complaint, diagnosis, treatment and discharge status (sent home or referred to\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n ). International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (\n ICD<\/jats:styled-content>\n \u20109) codes were assigned to each record based on a review of all fields.\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n results were compared to all\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n patients in Israel using data from a public report. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Of the 602\u00a0074 charts screened, 4797 patients presented with\n CCI<\/jats:styled-content>\n (0.8%). The average age was 32.6\u00a0\u00b1\u00a018.2\u00a0years and 71.3% were male. Among these, 26.4% were referred to the\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n compared to 6.8% from the entire\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n cohort.\n ICD<\/jats:styled-content>\n \u20109 code Foreign body (\n FB<\/jats:styled-content>\n ) of the eye was the most common cause of\n CCI<\/jats:styled-content>\n (56.5%) followed by the following\n ICD<\/jats:styled-content>\n \u20109 codes: trauma (18.1%), chemical in the eye (11.1%) and corneal disorder due to a contact lens (5.1%). Logistic regression analyses showed the following risk factors for\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n referral: age (22\u201364), male gender,\n ICD<\/jats:styled-content>\n \u20109 code\n FB<\/jats:styled-content>\n , work\u2010related injury and the presence of a clinical abrasion in the eye.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n \n The aetiology of ocular injury at\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n is similar to previous studies of\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n . Most\n CCI<\/jats:styled-content>\n can be treated at\n UCC<\/jats:styled-content>\n saving\n ED<\/jats:styled-content>\n resources and underscores the importance of this mode of health care delivery in the overall health system.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/opo.12600","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,10]],"date-time":"2019-01-10T07:12:24Z","timestamp":1547104344000},"page":"46-52","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Corneal and conjunctival injury seen in urgent care centres in Israel"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7698-3408","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Deena R","family":"Zimmerman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"TEREM Emergency Medical Centers Jerusalem Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7842-5071","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Einat","family":"Shneor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Optometry Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michel","family":"Millodot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Optometry and Vision Sciences Cardiff University Cardiff UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1946-832X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ariela","family":"Gordon\u2010Shaag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Optometry Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.emc.2013.02.003"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2015.10.032"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamaophthalmol.2015.5778"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1076\/opep.6.3.159.1505"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/eye.2015.7"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2015.07.020"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10792-010-9401-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archopht.116.9.1222"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3109\/09286586.2014.928825"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3341\/kjo.2004.18.1.70"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ophtha.2016.12.039"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/2045-4015-2-38"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_14_1","unstructured":"The Royal College of Emergency Medicine and The Patients Association.Time to Act\u2014Urgent Care and A&E: the patient perspective.2015[cited 2018]. Available from:https:\/\/www.rcem.ac.uk\/docs\/Policy\/CEM8480-Time%20to%20Act%20Urgent%20Care%20and%20A+E%20the%20patient%20perspective.pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_7_15_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"The surge in urgent care centers: emergency department alternative or costly convenience?","volume":"26","author":"Yee T","year":"2013","journal-title":"Res Brief"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_16_1","unstructured":"HaklaiZ MeronJ ShlichkovG AppelbaumY&AburbehM.Emergency Room Visits Summary 2015.State of Israel MInistry of Health:Jerusalem 2015. [Available from:https:\/\/www.health.gov.il\/PublicationsFiles\/emergency_2015.pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_7_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph120809864"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2415-8-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2009.01.118"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00417-010-1444-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9394(14)72012-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-151-5-200909010-00006"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1377\/hlthaff.27.5.1283"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_24_1","unstructured":"Hygiene IIfOSa.Directives for Occupational Safetly \u2010 Personal Protection Devices 2002. Available from:https:\/\/www.nevo.co.il\/law_html\/Law01\/051_056.htm#Seif3."}],"container-title":["Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fopo.12600","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/opo.12600","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1111\/opo.12600","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/opo.12600","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,7]],"date-time":"2026-01-07T11:25:18Z","timestamp":1767785118000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/opo.12600"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,1]]},"references-count":23,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2019,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/opo.12600"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/opo.12600","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0275-5408","1475-1313"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0275-5408","type":"print"},{"value":"1475-1313","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2018-08-02","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2018-11-23","order":1,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2019-01-10","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}