ArticleOphthalmic epidemiology2012
Cataract surgery among Medicare beneficiaries.
Article in Ophthalmic epidemiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04104256 (Pragmatic Trial of an Electronic Health Record/Behavioral Economics Intervention to Reduce Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 53 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Pragmatic Trial of an Electronic Health Record/Behavioral Economics Intervention to Reduce Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery
Who cites it
53 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cataract surgery and IOP: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Pooled it
- N-acetylcarnosine (NAC) drops for age-related cataract.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Perioperative antibiotics for prevention of acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Perioperative antibiotics for prevention of acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- "Just the way we always did it": ophthalmologist perspectives on changing routine anesthesia care for cataract surgery in the United States.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- The Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Cataract Surgery in the Nationwide All of Us Cohort.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2025Article
- Massive iris cyst in an adult female.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2025Article
- Patient and Practice Level Visual Acuity Prior to Cataract Surgery in the United States: An IRISClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Fluocinolone acetonide 0.18-mg implant for treatment of recurrent inflammation due to non-infectious uveitis: a case series of 15 patients.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2024Article
- Routine preoperative assessment for cataract surgery is a source of frustration for primary care providers.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Practice Patterns and Sociodemographic Disparities in the Clinical Care of Anatomical Narrow Angles in the United States.American journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Comparison between Early Clinical Results of Dual-Linear and Conventional Foot-Pedal Control in Phacoemulsification.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- UV light and the ocular lens: a review of exposure models and resulting biomolecular changes.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2024Review
- Examining the Impact of Certificate of Need Laws on the Utilization and Reimbursement of Cataract Surgeries Among Medicare Beneficiaries.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2024Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors for Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear after Cataract Surgery: IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) Analysis.Ophthalmology science · 2023Article
- Cataract Surgery in the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System: Episode-Based Cost Measure Development and Evaluation.Ophthalmology science · 2023Article
- Short-term report of early glaucoma surgery with a clear lens extraction and an intraocular lens, OMNI canaloplasty, and a HYDRUS microstent: a case series in younger patients.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Parametric Drug Release Optimization of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs by Gold Nanoparticles for Topically Applied Ocular Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care.Ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Application of Andersen-Newman model to assess cataract surgery uptake among older Australian women: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH).Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo present descriptive epidemiology of cataract surgery among Medicare recipients in the United States.
settingCataract surgery performed on Medicare beneficiaries in 2003 and 2004.
methodsMedicare claims data were used to identify all cataract surgery claims for procedures performed in the United States in 2003-2004. Standard assumptions were used to limit the claims to actual cataract surgery procedures performed. Summary statistics were created to determine the number of procedures performed for each outcome of interest: cataract surgery rates by age, sex, race and state; surgical volume by facility type and surgeon characteristics; time interval between first- and second-eye cataract surgery.
resultsThe national cataract surgery rate for 2003-2004 was 61.8 per 1000 Medicare beneficiary person-years. The rate was significantly higher for females and for those aged 75-84 years. After adjustment for age and sex, blacks had approximately a 30% lower rate of surgery than whites. While only 5% of cataract surgeons performed more than 500 cataract surgeries annually, these surgeons performed 26% of the total cataract surgeries. Increasing surgical volume was found to be highly correlated with use of ambulatory surgical centers and reduced time interval between first- and second-eye surgery in the same patient.
conclusionsThe epidemiology of cataract surgery in the United States Medicare population documents substantial variation in surgical rates by race, sex, age, and by certain provider characteristics.
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