Geographic variation in diabetic retinopathy screening within the Veterans Health Administration

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) remains the leading cause of vision impairment among working-age adults in the United States. The Veterans Health Administration (VA) supplemented its DR screening efforts with teleretinal imaging in 2006. Despite its scale and longevity, no national data on the VA ’s screening program exists since 1998. Our objective was to determine the influence of geography on diabetic retinopathy screening adherence.

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - July 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Melanie Davis, Molly J.E. Snider, Kelly J. Hunt, Danira Medunjanin, Brian Neelon, April Y. Maa Source Type: research