Racial Disparities in Barriers to Care for Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy in a Nationwide Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To ascertain specific barriers of care among patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) from different racial/ethnic groups.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we included adult participants in the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program with DR who answered questions in the Healthcare Access & Utilization survey and Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) survey. Logistic regression was used to study the association between barriers to care and race/ethnicity.

Results

Our cohort included 885 DR patients who answered the Healthcare Access & Utilization survey and 385 DR patients who responded to the SDoH survey. After adjusting for confounders, Hispanic individuals were more likely than non-Hispanic White individuals to report delaying getting m

SUBMITTER: Huang BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10029769 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature