Comparison of diabetic retinopathy screening between hospital-based multidisciplinary and general practice-based settings: insights from a regional study in Italy.

We were able to demonstrate that patients screened in the multidisciplinary center, which had characteristics predisposing to a higher risk of DR, were more likely to be diagnosed with DR on time, with a higher mean number of DR screenings and a shorted interval between diabetic and ophthalmological assessments.