Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Reference 13

Multifocal multichannel objective perimetry

Multifocal multichannel objective perimetry

Application No.

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Application NameMultifocal multichannel objective perimetry
Advisory PanelProfessor Bryant Stokes
(Chair and MSAC member)
Associate Professor Ian Favilla
(co-opted member)
Dr John King
(co-opted member)
Associate Professor Hector Maclean
(co-opted member)
Associate Professor Justin O'Day
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthamologists nominee)
Associate Professor Denis Stark
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthamologists nominee)
Associate Professor Frank Fisher
(Consumers' Health Forum of Australia nominee)
Date Received by MSAC SecretariatOctober 2001
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterThis assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 13 November 2002.

Since there is currently insufficient evidence pertaining to multifocal multichannel objective perimetry, the MSAC recommended that public funding should not be supported at this time
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 6 December 2002
Stage 5 - Implementation

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