Financial vulnerability of the elderly population undergoing cataract surgery within a distributed eye care delivery system in India (2011-2022): a multicentre, retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health burden of geriatric eye care is expected to rise, yet medical insurance uptake among the elderly population remains low. There is minimal evidence regarding insurance uptake for eye care among the elderly population in the Southeast Asia region. We explored insurance uptake and its impact on visual outcomes among the elderly population who visited an eye care system distributed across four Indian states.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we used a browser-based proprietary, Hospital Information Management System (HIMSS) stage six, electronic medical record (EMR) system. Datasets were collected from new patients who visited the four tertiary centres with linked primary and secondary centres of our pyramidal health system (L V Prasad Eye Institu

SUBMITTER: Takkar B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12309920 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature