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Racial disparities in the use of ancillary testing to evaluate individuals with open-angle glaucoma.

Joshua D SteinNidhi TalwarAlejandra M LaverneBin NanPaul R Lichter
Published in: Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) (2014)
Hispanic men and women had considerably reduced odds of undergoing visual field testing and other ocular imaging compared with other groups during the decade. Although increases in glaucoma testing have been noted in recent years among Hispanic men and women for some types of ancillary tests, efforts should be made to better understand and overcome some of the persistent barriers to monitoring for glaucoma in this group.
Keyphrases
  • african american
  • optic nerve
  • high resolution
  • healthcare
  • optical coherence tomography
  • fluorescence imaging