Study finds COVID-19 led to significant decline in common eye surgeries

Study finds COVID-19 led to significant decline in common eye surgeries

Publication date: Feb 10, 2025

The participants included Medicare beneficiaries undergoing the 10 most common ophthalmic procedures, ie, a total of 3,879,533 procedures in 2019 and 3,181,439 in 2020. The rapid influx of COVID cases placed increasing strain on hospital resources, health care workers, and the general population at large.

Concepts Keywords
Decrease Care
Mobilize Cataract
Surgery Common
Covid
Decrease
Eye
Investigators
Laser
Medicare
Ophthalmic
Pandemic
Performed
Procedures
Reported
Surgery

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH complications
disease MESH cataract

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