Publications by authors named "Stacy J Evans"
Purpose: The American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Patterns for angle closure and open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients recommends performing bilateral gonioscopy upon initial presentation to evaluate the possibility of narrow angle or angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) and then repeating the examination at least every 5 years. This study aims to assess how commonly eye care providers perform gonioscopy before planned glaucoma surgery in OAG, anatomic narrow angle, and ACG in the Medicare population.
Methods: Data obtained from a 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing glaucoma surgery in the United States in 1999 were retrospectively reviewed.
Purpose: To assess resource utilization and costs associated with glaucoma management in France and Sweden.
Methods: A total of 267 patient records (121 in France, 146 in Sweden) with diagnoses of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and ocular hypertension (OH), treated medically, were reviewed for a 2-year period (beginning during 1997-99) for relevant clinical and resource utilization data. Economic data were applied to estimate treatment costs.
Objective: To examine resource consumption and the direct costs of treating glaucoma at different disease severity levels.
Design: Observational, retrospective cohort study based on medical record review.
Participants: One hundred fifty-one records of patients with primary open-angle or normal-tension glaucoma, glaucoma suspect, or ocular hypertension (age > or =18 years) were randomly selected from 12 sites in the United States and stratified according to severity based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes.
Purpose: To provide a reliable, comprehensive staging system to assess glaucoma stage in the absence of an universally accepted glaucoma staging system (GSS) on the basis of visual field results.
Design: Literature review and GSS adaptation.
Methods: After a review of published GSSs was conducted, the Bascom Palmer (Hodapp-Anderson-Parrish) GSS was selected as an appropriate platform for a retrospective GSS on the basis of visual fields.