Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Health Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Ophthalmology. 2022 Oct;129(10):e146-e149. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.06.035. Epub 2022 Sep 1.
Data provide an opportunity to discover disparities and inequities that may otherwise be unrecognized. Within the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Task Force on Disparities in Eye Care, the Leveraging Data Sub-task Force was charged with identifying data sources to study health disparities in eye care and to leverage data to advance health equity. We evaluated large data sources to determine their strengths, deficiencies, and relative accessibility in relation to the likelihood of identifying eye care disparities. We highlight the current challenges with these data sources and review key recommendations for improving future sources for studying health disparities in eye care.
数据提供了一个发现可能被忽视的差异和不平等的机会。在美国眼科学会(AAO)眼科保健差异特别工作组内,利用数据子工作组的任务是确定数据源,以研究眼科保健中的健康差异,并利用数据促进健康公平。我们评估了大型数据源,以确定它们在识别眼科保健差异方面的优势、不足和相对可及性。我们强调了这些数据源当前面临的挑战,并审查了改善未来用于研究眼科保健中健康差异的数据源的关键建议。