Socioeconomics, insurance strong factors in diabetic eye disease, visual acuity

Public insurance, less education and health care access and resources contribute to risk of developing diabetic eye disease complications, according to results presented at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
The retrospective study also showed a strong correlation of complications in diabetic macular edema (DME) influenced by health care accessibility, racial and social factors and disease burden.
“There’s a greater risk of diabetes mellitus and its complications in certain subsets of the population, and those patients with public insurance, less

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