Measurable Outcomes of an Ophthalmology and Rheumatology Coordinated Care Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated the impact of an Ophthalmology/Rheumatology multidisciplinary clinic for patients with anterior uveitis by comparing outcomes between those who received traditional care (TC) versus coordinated care (CC).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children with anterior uveitis from a pediatric tertiary care center between 2013 and 2022. Standard descriptive statistics were used; survival analyses explored differences in cohort disease activity and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment. Steroid treatment by cohort was compared using generalized estimating equation model with Poisson distribution and log link. Complications were compared using logistic regression. Number of visits in each cohort were assessed using Po

SUBMITTER: Lavallee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848971 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature