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Oct 22, 2024

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Comprehensive Military Eye Examination Policies

In this study, the authors ascertain the costs and benefits of moving from the current visual acuity screening process for military service members to comprehensive eye examinations intended to detect a wider range of visual dysfunctions.
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Apr 9, 2021

Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery at a Safety-Net Health System

To evaluate a multipronged intervention to reduce low-value preoperative care for patients undergoing cataract surgery and analyze costs from various fiscal perspectives.
Oct 30, 2018

Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25)

The RAND VFQ-25 is a reliable and valid 25-item version of the 51-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ). It is especially useful in settings such as clinical trials, where interview length is a critical consideration.
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Mar 28, 2018

Diabetic Retinopathy and the Cascade Into Vision Loss

Vision loss for diabetes patients is more a result of gaps in care than of simple biological sequence.
Research

Nov 8, 2016

Misclassification Risk of Tier-Based Physician Quality Performance Systems

Current methods for determining whether a provider performs above or below a certain threshold do not always produce accurate results.
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Jul 28, 2016

Long-term Microvascular Disease Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery: Evidence for the Legacy Effect of Surgery

Patients whose type 2 diabetes went into remission after bariatric surgery experienced a 29 percent reduction in risk of microvascular disease incidence for up to seven years after surgery.
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Jun 27, 2016

Blindness, Cataract Surgery and Mortality in Ethiopia

Cataract-blind Ethiopian villagers who did not receive cataract surgery had significantly higher mortality risk than villagers who were blind from other causes, particularly if they were over 75 years old or were unmarried.
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Feb 21, 2013

Cataract Blindness and Simulation-Based Training for Cataract Surgeons: An Assessment of the HelpMeSee Approach

HelpMeSee Inc. is developing a simulator-based method for rapid cataract surgical training that RAND researchers determined could significantly help to close the backlog of cataract surgical cases, expected to reach 32 million globally by 2020.
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Jul 1, 2012

Unmet Eye Care Needs Among U.S. 5th-Grade Students

Policies targeting socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and those without insurance may be needed to reduce disparities in access to appropriate eye care.
Research

Jan 1, 2009

Incorporating Mortality Risk Into Estimates of 5-Year Glaucoma Risk

Considers the effects of incorporating mortality risk, a potentially important factor to consider when deciding whether to initiate therapy for ocular hypertensives, into estimates of 5-year glaucoma risk.
Research

Jan 1, 2008

Community-partnered Approaches to Enhance Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevention, and Early Intervention

Using community-partnered participatory research practices and principles, incorporates World Kidney Day objectives with community goals to develop infrastructure, shared objectives, and workgroups to reduce the burden of chronic kidney disease.
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Jan 1, 2007

Severity of Visual Field Loss and Health-Related Quality of Life

To examine the association between severity of visual field loss (VFL) and self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a population-based sample.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Comprehensive Military Eye Examination Policies

Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery at a Safety-Net Health System

Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25)

Diabetic Retinopathy and the Cascade Into Vision Loss

Misclassification Risk of Tier-Based Physician Quality Performance Systems

Long-term Microvascular Disease Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery: Evidence for the Legacy Effect of Surgery

Blindness, Cataract Surgery and Mortality in Ethiopia

Cataract Blindness and Simulation-Based Training for Cataract Surgeons: An Assessment of the HelpMeSee Approach

Unmet Eye Care Needs Among U.S. 5th-Grade Students

Incorporating Mortality Risk Into Estimates of 5-Year Glaucoma Risk

Community-partnered Approaches to Enhance Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevention, and Early Intervention

Severity of Visual Field Loss and Health-Related Quality of Life

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Comprehensive Military Eye Examination Policies

Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery at a Safety-Net Health System

Visual Function Questionnaire (VFQ-25)

Diabetic Retinopathy and the Cascade Into Vision Loss

Misclassification Risk of Tier-Based Physician Quality Performance Systems

Long-term Microvascular Disease Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery: Evidence for the Legacy Effect of Surgery

Blindness, Cataract Surgery and Mortality in Ethiopia

Cataract Blindness and Simulation-Based Training for Cataract Surgeons: An Assessment of the HelpMeSee Approach

Unmet Eye Care Needs Among U.S. 5th-Grade Students

Incorporating Mortality Risk Into Estimates of 5-Year Glaucoma Risk

Community-partnered Approaches to Enhance Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevention, and Early Intervention

Severity of Visual Field Loss and Health-Related Quality of Life

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