Disparities in delivery of ophthalmic care; An exploration of public Medicare data.

Cataract is a major cause of age-related eye diseases in the United States, and cataract extraction is the most commonly performed surgery on Medicare beneficiaries. Analyzing the pattern in delivery of cataract care at the national level can highlight areas of disparities. We evaluated geographic d...

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Main Authors: Cecilia S Lee, Grace L Su, Douglas M Baughman, Yue Wu, Aaron Y Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5546578?pdf=render