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Blindness and Visual Impairment in an American Urban Population

Blindness and Visual Impairment in an American Urban Population Abstract To the Editor. —I congratulate Dr Tielsch and coworkers in the Baltimore Eye Survey Research Group1 for their article in the February 1990 issue of the Archives I hope that in the tremendous amount of data that they accumulated about the population they investigated, they secured information on income. It would be unfortunate if they did not. As is well known, income is directly related to accessibility to medical care. In the people whose blindness is preventable, accessibility to medical care is a key factor. It would be most interesting and important to compare blindness rates in low-income black patients with those in low-income white patients and to compare both groups with middle- and high-income blacks and whites.I look forward to future publications by this group. References 1. Tielsch JM, Sommer A, Witt K, Katz J, Royall RM, Baltimore Eye Survey Research Group. Blindness and visual impairment in an American urban population . Arch Ophthalmol . 1990;108:286-290.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

Blindness and Visual Impairment in an American Urban Population

Snydacker, Daniel
Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 108 (10) – Oct 1, 1990
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Blindness and Visual Impairment in an American Urban Population

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Abstract To the Editor. —I congratulate Dr Tielsch and coworkers in the Baltimore Eye Survey Research Group1 for their article in the February 1990 issue of the Archives I hope that in the tremendous amount of data that they accumulated about the population they investigated, they secured information on income. It would be unfortunate if they did not. As is well known, income is directly related to accessibility to medical care. In the people whose blindness is preventable,...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1990 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9950
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1538-3687
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10.1001/archopht.1990.01070120023006
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Abstract

Abstract To the Editor. —I congratulate Dr Tielsch and coworkers in the Baltimore Eye Survey Research Group1 for their article in the February 1990 issue of the Archives I hope that in the tremendous amount of data that they accumulated about the population they investigated, they secured information on income. It would be unfortunate if they did not. As is well known, income is directly related to accessibility to medical care. In the people whose blindness is preventable, accessibility to medical care is a key factor. It would be most interesting and important to compare blindness rates in low-income black patients with those in low-income white patients and to compare both groups with middle- and high-income blacks and whites.I look forward to future publications by this group. References 1. Tielsch JM, Sommer A, Witt K, Katz J, Royall RM, Baltimore Eye Survey Research Group. Blindness and visual impairment in an American urban population . Arch Ophthalmol . 1990;108:286-290.Crossref

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Archives of Ophthalmology – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 1, 1990

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