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  • Health Services Research
  • Diabetes Management

Background:

  • Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of vision loss in diabetic patients.
  • Health insurance status is a potential determinant of DR progression.
  • Understanding mediation effects is crucial for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if baseline diabetic retinopathy (DR) severity mediates the association between health insurance status and DR progression.
  • To analyze the relationship between insurance coverage and the development of proliferative DR (PDR).

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study of 716 patients with type 1 or 2 diabetes and nonproliferative DR (NPDR).
  • Logistic and Cox proportional hazards regression models were used.
  • Counterfactual mediation analysis assessed the indirect effect of NPDR severity.

Main Results:

  • Uninsured and Medicaid patients showed higher rates of moderate/severe NPDR at baseline and progression to PDR.
  • Uninsured patients had a 2.63 times higher risk of progression to PDR compared to those with Medicare/private insurance.
  • Baseline NPDR severity mediated 41% of the effect of insurance status on PDR progression.

Conclusions:

  • Uninsured individuals face a significantly higher risk of DR progression.
  • Disparities in baseline diabetic retinopathy severity by insurance status contribute significantly to DR progression.
  • Addressing insurance-related disparities is vital for preventing vision loss in diabetic patients.