Geographic Variation in the Use of Diagnostic Testing of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Open-Angle Glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the extent of geographic variation in the proportion of patients with newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma (OAG) undergoing visual field (VF) testing, fundus photography (FP), and other ocular imaging (OOI) among patients residing in different US communities.

Design

Retrospective, longitudinal cohort study.

Participants

All enrollees with newly diagnosed OAG enrolled in a managed care network between 2001 and 2014.

Methods

We identified all persons in the plan with incident OAG residing in 201 communities across the United States. All communities contributed ≥20 enrollees. The proportion of enrollees undergoing ≥1 VF test, FP, OOI, and no testing of any type in the 2 years after first OAG diagnosis was determined for each community, and comp

SUBMITTER: Elam AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9252164 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature