Sociodemographic Disparities in Preoperative Visual Acuity and Cataract Surgery Utilization in the San Francisco Bay Area

ConclusionsAfter adjusting for other biomedical  and sociodemographic variables, having Medicaid insurance and being a non-English speaker were the factors most notably associated with reduced cataract surgery utilization and poorer preoperative visual acuity. Health insurance and language barriers, as well as other biomedical and sociodemogr aphic factors, may explain a large proportion of the racial disparities in both cataract surgery utilization and preoperative visual acuity observed among Black and Hispanic patients. Chinese-speaking patients with limited English proficiency are a vulnerable subgroup that exhibits lower rates of c ataract surgery utilization and higher degrees of visual loss prior to undergoing cataract surgery compared to other Asian patients.
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research