Insights Into Eye Care Practice During COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3244
Abstract: 2020 Started as a year of celebration for the tremendous advances in ophthalmology that would make the promise of 20/20 visual acuity a reality for more people worldwide. Yet, our conventional perspectives have changed owing… read more here.
Keywords: eye care; ophthalmology; covid; practice ... See more keywords
Association Between Geographic Distribution of Eye Care Clinicians and Visual Impairment in California.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.1001
Abstract: Importance The association between availability of eye care clinicians and visual impairment, a condition presenting with increased morbidity and health care costs, has not been thoroughly studied. Objective To examine associations between the geographic distribution… read more here.
Keywords: eye care; care clinicians; care; visual impairment ... See more keywords
Awareness regarding eye donation among staff of a tertiary eye care hospital in North India
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DOI: 10.1007/s10792-019-01225-2
Abstract: Purpose To assess the awareness, knowledge and attitude regarding eye donation in staff of a tertiary eye care hospital in North India. Methods A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted on the employees of a tertiary… read more here.
Keywords: awareness; eye care; donation; eye donation ... See more keywords
Trends in Prevalence of Diagnosed Ocular Disease and Utilization of Eye Care Services in American Veterans.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.09.030
Abstract: PURPOSE To assess trends in prevalence of diagnosed ocular disease and use of eye care services in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. DESIGN Prevalence study. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of all… read more here.
Keywords: eye care; prevalence; prevalence diagnosed; diagnosed ocular ... See more keywords
Practice Patterns Among Eye Care Providers at US Teaching Hospitals With Regard to Assessing and Educating Patients About Smoking.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.05.023
Abstract: PURPOSE To investigate practice patterns of eye care providers at academic medical centers in the United States (US) with regard to assessing patients' smoking status and exposure, educating patients regarding ocular risks of smoking, and… read more here.
Keywords: eye care; ophthalmology; patients smoking; care providers ... See more keywords
Brand Medications and Medicare Part D: How Eye Care Providers' Prescribing Patterns Influence Costs.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.05.024
Abstract: PURPOSE To quantify costs of eye care providers' Medicare Part D prescribing patterns for ophthalmic medications and to estimate the potential savings of generic or therapeutic drug substitutions and price negotiation. DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study.… read more here.
Keywords: care providers; eye care; medicare part; brand ... See more keywords
Receipt of Eye Care Services among Medicare Beneficiaries with and without Dementia.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.02.022
Abstract: PURPOSE To examine the relationship between dementia status and receipt of eye care among US Medicare beneficiaries. DESIGN Retrospective, claims-based analysis. PARTICIPANTS A 20% representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries who received care between January 1,… read more here.
Keywords: medicare beneficiaries; care; eye care; diagnosed dementia ... See more keywords
Parental inability to detect eye diseases in children: barriers to access of childhood eye-care services in south India
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DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.170
Abstract: One of the impediments to reducing blindness in developing countries is the limited access to eye-care services.1 This study is a part of a population-based prevalence survey, Pavagada Pediatric Eye Disease Study-2, with an aim… read more here.
Keywords: barriers access; eye care; eye; care services ... See more keywords
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use among emergency eye care professionals in the UK during the COVID19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1038/s41433-020-0970-5
Abstract: EEC staff were provided with rapidly changing personal PPE guidance by Public Health England (PHE) with specific subspecialty advice from the British Emergency Eye Care Society (BEECS) and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) UK… read more here.
Keywords: use; eye care; guidance; covid19 pandemic ... See more keywords
The Peter Watson Memorial Lecture “Vision for the World”
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DOI: 10.1038/s41433-022-02045-y
Abstract: In the 1990s attention was drawn to the huge global problem of blindness and vision loss; most of which was unnecessary, being preventable or treatable. This led to the global initiative, Vision 2020. Over the… read more here.
Keywords: vision; world; eye care; eye ... See more keywords
Re: ‘Are eye-care practitioners fitting scleral contact lenses?’
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DOI: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1880869
Abstract: To the Deputy Editor, We read with great interest the recent survey about the extent of scleral lens fitting worldwide by Wood et al. The authors found an increasing trend in the fitting of scleral… read more here.
Keywords: scleral contact; eye care; fitting scleral; contact ... See more keywords