Use of public sector diabetes eye services in New Zealand 2006-2019: Analysis of national routinely collected datasets.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess diabetes eye service use in New Zealand among people aged ≥15 years by estimating service attendance, biennial screening rate, and disparities in the use of screening and treatment services.

Methods

We obtained Ministry of Health data from the National Non-Admitted Patient Collection on diabetes eye service events between 1 July 2006 and 31 December 2019 and sociodemographic and mortality data from the Virtual Diabetes Register and linked these using a unique patient identifier (encrypted National Health Index). We 1) summarized attendance at retinal screening and ophthalmology services, 2) calculated biennial and triennial screening rate, 3) summarized treatment with laser and anti-VEGF and used log-binomial regression to examine associations of all of t

SUBMITTER: Silwal PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194990 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature