10/18/2025
Low-Income Diabetes Patients Face Worse DR Outcomes Despite Treatment Adherence
These individuals received equal or greater ophthalmic care yet had higher rates of disease and more sight-threatening complications over 10 years.
The reason for this could be that these individuals demonstrate more advanced disease at presentation. “This suggests,” the researchers noted, “that higher intervention rates in these groups stem from delayed diagnoses and more severe baseline pathology, not enhanced disease control.”
Read more: https://www.reviewofoptometry.com/article/lowincome-diabetes-patients-face-worse-dr-outcomes-despite-treatment-adherence
