Trends in use of ancillary glaucoma tests for patients with open-angle glaucoma from 2001 to 2009.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess trends in the use of ancillary diagnostic tests in the evaluation of patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and glaucoma suspects over the past decade.

Design

Retrospective, longitudinal cohort analysis.

Participants

A total of 169 917 individuals with OAG and 395 721 individuals with suspected glaucoma aged ≥40 years enrolled in a national United States managed care network between 2001 and 2009.

Methods

Claims data were analyzed to assess trends in visual field (VF) testing, fundus photography (FP), and other ocular imaging (OOI) testing for patients with OAG or suspected glaucoma between 2001 and 2009. Repeated-measures logistic regression was performed to identify differences in the odds of undergoing these procedures in 2001, 2005, and 2

SUBMITTER: Stein JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3319788 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature