ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology2022
Disparities in Eye Care Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Facilitators of and Barriers to Accessing Hospital Medical Specialty Telemedicine Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Pooled it
- Acceptability of Telerehabilitation for Magnification Devices for the Visually Impaired Using Various Approaches to Facilitate Accessibility.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Trial
- Long-term retinal dysfunction following COVID-19 infection: a one-year prospective observational study.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Observational
- Predictors of Health Care Disparities in Fuchs Dystrophy Treatment Using the IRIS Registry.Cornea · 2026Article
- Assessing public awareness of myopia after the COVID-19 pandemic: an infodemiology study.BMJ health & care informatics · 2025Article
- Trends in self-reported dilated eye examinations among diabetic adults in California from 2011 to 2021.PloS one · 2025Article
- Telemedicine Use Among Older Adults During COVID-19: A Narrative Literature Review of Utilization Patterns.Telemedicine reports · 2025Review
- Outcomes of ophthalmology telemedicine in a large health care system beyond initial pandemic crisis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Telemedicine in Eye Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Patient & Physician Perspectives.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Factors Associated With Laboratory Test Negativity Following a Transition in Specimen Collection in Microbial Keratitis Cases.Current eye research · 2024Article
- Determinants of non-attendance at face-to-face and telemedicine ophthalmic consultations.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Evolution of Disparities in Outpatient Ophthalmic Care at a Tertiary Care Center in California at the Beginning of and One Year into the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2024Article
- Risk factors affecting the utilization of eye care services evaluated by the CDC's behavior risk factor surveillance system from 2018 to 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Follow-Up Adherence After Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Eye Screening Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2023Article
- Changes in Performance Measures and Service Volume at US Federally Qualified Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA health forum · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with Telehealth Utilization among Older African Americans in South Los Angeles during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Health Disparities in Ophthalmology with a Retrospective Analysis at a Large Academic Public Hospital.Advances in ophthalmology and optometry · 2022Review
- Changes in the quality of cancer care as assessed through performance indicators during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Telehealth Encourages Patients with Diabetes in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups to Return for in-Person Ophthalmic Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess the relationship between telemedicine utilization and sociodemographic factors among patients seeking eye care.
designComparative utilization analysis.
methodsWe reviewed the eye care utilization patterns of a stratified random sample of 1720 patients who were seen at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 30 to May 25, 2020) and their odds of having a video, phone, or in-person visit compared with having a deferred visit. Associations between independent variables and visit type were determined using a multinomial logistic regression model.
resultsOlder patients had lower odds of having a video visit (P = .007) and higher odds of having an in-person visit (P = .023) compared with being deferred, and in the nonretina clinic sample, older patients still had lower odds of a video visit (P = .02). Non-White patients had lower odds of having an in-person visit (P < .02) in the overall sample compared with being deferred, with a similar trend seen in the retina clinic. The mean neighborhood median household income was $76,200 (±$33,500) and varied significantly (P < .0001) by race with Blacks having the lowest estimated mean income.
conclusionDisparities exist in how patients accessed eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic with older patients-those for whom COVID-19 posed a higher risk of mortality-being more likely to be seen for in-person care. In our affluent participant sample, there was a trend toward non-White patients being less likely to access care. Reimbursing telemedicine solely through broadband internet connection may further exacerbate disparities in eye care.
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