Socioeconomic status and vision care utilization in Canada: a systematic review

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Despite a universal health care system, access to vision in Canada is not necessarily equally accessible all patients. The purpose of this review was explore the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and utilization Canada. Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane were searched from inception January 2024 for relevant articles containing original data. Studies that explored SES Canadian patients included. Risk bias assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa AXIS assessment tools. Descriptive statistics used summarize findings. registered PROSPERO (registration number: CRD42024502482) followed PRISMA guidelines. search yielded 2,670 records with 23 studies included review. covered provinces ranged date 1985 2022. relationship ophthalmic care, optometric or both. Overall, 17 found lower significantly more likely have decreased usage care. Decreased optometry, ophthalmology diabetic retinopathy screening, as well ages, provinces. Low consistently associated ages. Efforts are required increase accessibility low-income individuals improve equity.

Language: Английский

A Comparison of Pediatric and Adult Ocular Diseases in the Context of Social Determinants of Health

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(2), P. 100128 - 100128

Published: April 28, 2025

Language: Английский