A study found patients requiring emergency ophthalmic care during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were less likely to have health insurance, more likely to delay seeking treatment and traveled farther for care, according to a presentation.
“There were several significant differences in characteristics of ocular trauma cases presented to the Wills Eye emergency room during the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders,” Connie Wu, MD, said in a poster presentation at the virtual American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.
The comparative cohort study investigated patients who visited the
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