Demographic and socioeconomic disparities in receipt of ophthalmology consultation for facial trauma.

Although this difference failed to reach significance on adjusted analysis, this trend is consistent with prior studies that suggest clinicians are less likely to request an ophthalmology consult for non-English speakers. 28 There have been many proposed approaches to improving the current system, such as diversifying the healthcare workforce, tracking race and ethnicity data to facility public health research, increasing Medicaid reimbursements for eye care, and enhancing health literacy among at-risk populations. 7 With an ageing population worldwide, addressing elder care disparities has also become critical.

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While there remained a strong trend towards fewer consultations among Spanish-speaking patients after adjusting for covariates, this difference was no longer significant (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.23 to 1.18).

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