Social determinants of health and health disparities in glaucoma: A review.
Acuff Kaela, Wu Jo-Hsuan, Varkhedi Varsha, Baxter Sally L
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Social determinants of health create glaucoma disparities, leading to worse disease and treatment adherence. Addressing these factors is crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Abstract
Social determinants of health and barriers to care can significantly impact patients' access to glaucoma care and treatment, resulting in disparities within disease presentation, progression, management, and treatment outcomes. The widespread adoption of electronic health record systems has allowed researchers and clinicians to further explore these relationships, identifying factors such as race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status to be risk factors for more severe disease and lower treatment adherence. These disparities highlight potential targets for interventions to combat these disparities and improve overall patient outcomes. This article provides a summary of the available data on health disparities within glaucoma disease presentation, progression, management, treatment, and outcomes and discusses interventions to improve care delivery and outcomes among patients with glaucoma.
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Social determinants of health and barriers to care significantly impact patients' access to glaucoma care and treatment, leading to disparities in disease presentation, progression, management, and treatment outcomes.
Factors such as race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are identified as risk factors for more severe glaucoma disease and lower treatment adherence.
Interventions targeting disparities related to social determinants of health are potential targets to combat these disparities and improve overall patient outcomes in glaucoma.
The widespread adoption of electronic health record systems has allowed researchers and clinicians to explore the relationships between social determinants of health and glaucoma outcomes.
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