North American Native individuals had a higher rate of ophthalmic conditions but no coinciding increase in ophthalmic care compared with non-Hispanic white individuals, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
“This study brings awareness that the disparity exists at a national level even among persons who have insurance across North American Native groups,” study author Maria A. Woodward, MD, MSc, told Healio/OSN.
Woodward and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study using Medicare fee-for-service data from the Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System to