Analysis of Health System Size and Variability in Diabetic Eye Disease Screening in Wisconsin

Contact: Loren J Lock
Email: llock@wisc.edu 

Diabetic eye disease remains the leading cause of blindness in the US, largely because of low screening rates. 1-3 Previous studies have tended to focus on patient-level factors associated with screening. 2 Thus, interventions have emphasized patient education, yielding only modest improvements. 4 In this study, we used an all-payer, statewide claims database to assess screening variability across health systems and to determine whether a patient’s health system may be associated with screening receipt.