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- The study aims to identify delays in diagnosing and treating retinal detachments (RDs) in children based on retrospective analysis of insurance claims data from 2007 to 2016.
- It found that many pediatric patients, particularly those without prior eye-related visits, faced significant delays in diagnosis and treatment, with only 40% having any preceding eye-related visits.
- The results showed that children with pre-existing ocular conditions had quicker diagnoses and repairs, highlighting the importance of previous eye care in preventing delays for RD management.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To characterize delays in diagnosis and treatment of retinal detachments (RDs) in a pediatric population.
Design: Retrospective cohort study using insurance claims data.
Subjects: Pediatric patients with RD who underwent repair in the outpatient setting.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of commercially insured patients from a national cohort (IBM MarketScan Research Databases) aged ≤ 18 years with an incident diagnosis of RD between 2007 and 2016. Patients with preceding eye-related visits, time to diagnosis, and time to repair were calculated and compared between patients with pre-existing ocular diagnosis and those without.
Main Outcome Measures: The time from diagnosis to specialist consultation, time from diagnosis to repair, time from specialist consultation to repair, number of preceding visits, and presence of previous eye-related diagnosis.
Results: Our sample consisted of 826 patients, the majority (77%) of whom were diagnosed with rhegmatogenous RD. Only 40% of patients had at least 1 preceding eye-related visit, and 33% had at least 2 visits before RD diagnosis, with a median time from the last eye-related visit of 32 days (4-197 days) and median time from the second to last visit of 118 days (24-437 days). The median time from RD diagnosis to repair was 2 days (0-9 days). The 323 (37.9%) patients with pre-existing ocular diagnoses more frequently had at least 1 (44% vs. 37%; P = 0.079) or 2 preceding eye-related visits (40% vs. 29%; P = 0.002) compared with those without and also had a shorter time to RD diagnosis (median, 14.5 days vs. 44.5 days; P = 0.011) and repair (1 day vs. 3 days; P = 0.003).
Conclusions: Retinal detachment is an important cause of morbidity in children. This work highlighted how pediatric patients without previous ocular diagnoses and visits with eye care professional may have a delayed diagnosis and repair of their RD.
Financial Disclosure(s): Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found after the references.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9941366 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2022.08.017 | DOI Listing |
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