Association of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia With Receipt of Cataract Surgery Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries

Brian C Stagg; Joshua R Ehrlich; HwaJung Choi; Deborah A Levine

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.5138

Association of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia With Receipt of Cataract Surgery Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan 1;137(1):114-117. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.5138.

Authors

Brian C Stagg¹, Joshua R Ehrlich², HwaJung Choi³, Deborah A Levine³

Affiliations

¹ National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Ann Arbor.
² Center for Eye Policy and Innovation, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This study uses data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study to determine the association of cognitive impairment and dementia with receipt of cataract surgery among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cataract Extraction / statistics & numerical data*
Cognitive Dysfunction / complications*
Dementia / complications*
Female
Humans
Independent Living / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Medicare Part B / statistics & numerical data*
United States

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding