Gaps in the Vision Screening Pathway for School-Aged US Children

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2024 Mar 1;142(3):268-270. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2023.6316.

Isdin Oke^{1

2}, Natalie Slopen³, Alison A Galbraith⁴, David G Hunter¹, Ann Chen Wu²

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study uses a nationally representative survey of the US pediatric population to identify gaps in the vision screening pathway.