Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Glaucoma Patients in a Nationwide Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Prcis

Despite having lower socioeconomic status on several measures, glaucoma patients do not report more barriers to healthcare access and utilization than non-glaucoma patients.

Purpose

To characterize measures of socioeconomic status and barriers to healthcare access and utilization between patients with and without a diagnosis of glaucoma.

Methods

Patients aged 65 years and over who enrolled in the NIH All of Us Research Program, a nationwide longitudinal cohort, were extracted. We analyzed demographic information and several measures of socioeconomic status and healthcare access and utilization. Survey responses were compared by glaucoma status (any type) with Pearson χ 2 tests, univariable logistic regression, and multivariable logistic regression adjusting for

SUBMITTER: Delavar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9805488 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature