Patrice M Hicks, George Lin, Paula Anne Newman-Casey, Leslie M Niziol, Ming-Chen Lu, Maria A Woodward, Angela R Elam, David C Musch, Roshanak Mehdipanah, Joshua R Ehrlich, David B Rein
IMPORTANCE: Known social risk factors associated with poor visual and systemic health in the US include segregation, income inequality, and persistent poverty. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of vision difficulty, including blindness, in neighborhoods with measures of inequity (Theil H index, Gini index, and persistent poverty). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional study used data from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey and 2010 US census tracts as well as Theil H index, Gini index, and persistent poverty measures from PolicyMap...
May 9, 2024: JAMA Ophthalmology