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Evaluation for Disparities in Experience With Internet-Based Health Care Among US Patients With Chronic Eye Diseases Because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ophthalmologists are being encouraged to deliver eye care using the internet with technologies such as patient portals and online visits.1 However, many patients with eye diseases may not have experience using the internet for health care activities. Individualswithlowersociodemographicstatusmayhavelessexperience usingtechnologyforhealthcare.2 It is importantforophthalmologists to understand whether these disparities exist for patients with eye diseases and to what extent. The purposes of this study were to assess the proportion of US adults with self-reported eye disease who have experience using the internet for health care andtoevaluatedifferencesintheirexperiencebasedonage,race/ ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.