Differences in characteristics of Medicare patients treated by ophthalmologists and optometrists.
Darby D MillerMichael W StewartJoshua J GagneAlan L WagnerAaron Y LeePublished in: PloS one (2020)
Although there are regional variations in the characteristics of patients treated by ophthalmologists and optometrists, ophthalmologists throughout the United States manage older, more racially diverse, and more medically complex Medicare beneficiaries.