Diabetic retinopathy screening and treatment through the Brazilian National Health Insurance

The current study aimed to investigate diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening and treatment coverages among diabetic patients evaluated through the Brazilian National Health Insurance from 2014 to 2019. The Brazilian Public Health System Information Database was used as the primary data source. DR scre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scientific reports 2022-08, Vol.12 (1), p.13941-13941, Article 13941
Hauptverfasser:	Fernandes, Arthur Gustavo, Ferraz, Aline Nunes, Brant, Rodrigo, Malerbi, Fernando Korn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/163/2743/137/138 692/699/3161 692/700 Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetic retinopathy Health care Health policy Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary National health insurance Patients Public health Retinopathy Science Science (multidisciplinary)
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Zusammenfassung:	The current study aimed to investigate diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening and treatment coverages among diabetic patients evaluated through the Brazilian National Health Insurance from 2014 to 2019. The Brazilian Public Health System Information Database was used as the primary data source. DR screening coverage was calculated as the rate of procedures of clinical dilated fundus exam and color fundus photograph over the number of diabetic patients. DR treatment coverage was calculated as the rate of procedures of intravitreal injection, photocoagulation, and panretinal photocoagulation over the number of diabetic patients presumably in need of DR treatment. The overall screening coverage increased from 12.1% in 2014 to 21.2% in 2019 ( p
ISSN:	2045-2322 2045-2322
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-022-18054-6