Trends in Eye Care Use and Eyeglasses Affordability: The US National Health Interview Survey, 2008-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding eye care use over time is essential to estimate continued unmet health care needs and help guide future public health priorities.

Objective

To update trends in using eye care and affording eyeglasses in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

This analysis of data from the US National Health Interview Survey included adults 18 years and older from 9 annual cross-sectional population-based samples ranging in size from 21 781 to 36 697 participants from 2008 to 2016. Data were analyzed from August 2017 to February 2018.

Exposures

Visual impairment, defined as self-reported difficulty seeing despite wearing eyeglasses.

Main outcomes and measures

Outcome measures included visits to an eye care professional and inability

SUBMITTER: Varadaraj V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6459103 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature