Publication date: Feb 11, 2025

Greater social vulnerability, younger age, non-white race, Hispanic ethnicity, non-English speaking, Medicaid insurance, and milder glaucoma were associated with higher no-show propensity, which worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic among those subjects who were older and more socially vulnerable. To identify sociodemographic risk factors for higher likelihood to no-show among glaucoma subjects before and during the Covid-19 pandemic using the no-show propensity factor (NSPF), a novel attendance metric, which improves upon no-show percentages by adjusting for number of visits. We analyzed de-identified demographic, visit attendance, and social risk factor data (social vulnerability index (SVI) and area deprivation index (ADI) scores) of de-identified glaucoma subjects from the Bascom Palmer Glaucoma Repository, computed NSPF, and categorized scores as low, intermediate, or high by the 75th and 90th percentiles for the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods. We identified predictors of NSPF scores using univariable, multivariable, and logistic regression analyses. Of 15,342 subjects, 11,474, 2,238, and 1,630 subjects had low, intermediate, and high NSPF scores respectively with no-show rates of 9. 5%, 39. 2%, and 57. 8% respectively. Age (β=-0. 039 per decade, P

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