The study, published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, examined whether racial disparities exist in the use of ancillary testing to evaluate open-angle glaucoma from 2001-2009. The results showed that while the odds of undergoing visual field testing decreased for all groups during this period, it decreased the most for Hispanic men (63 percent) and women (57 percent).
The researchers, led Joshua D. Stein, MD, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, concluded that “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,” according to the abstract.
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