Association Between Health Insurance and Primary Care Vision Testing Among Children and Adolescents

Olivia J Killeen; HwaJung Choi; Niharica S Kannan; Afua O Asare; Brian C Stagg; Joshua R Ehrlich

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.3644

Association Between Health Insurance and Primary Care Vision Testing Among Children and Adolescents

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 Sep 1;141(9):909-911. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.3644.

Authors

Olivia J Killeen¹, HwaJung Choi², Niharica S Kannan³, Afua O Asare⁴, Brian C Stagg⁴, Joshua R Ehrlich¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

PMID: 37589987
PMCID: PMC10436181 (available on 2024-08-17)
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.3644

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This survey study assesses rates of vision testing by pediatrician or other primary care practitioners among insured and uninsured persons aged 3 to 17 years.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Humans
Insurance, Health*
Primary Health Care*

Grants and funding

K23 EY032577/EY/NEI NIH HHS/United States