An investigation into the low use rate of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgeries in the United States

Chaerim Kang¹, Angela S Zhu, T Michael Kashner+3

• ¹From the Section of Ophthalmology, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, Rhode Island (Kang, Greenberg); Division of Ophthalmology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Kang, Greenberg); Department of Ophthalmology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Zhu); Office of Academic Affiliations (14AA), Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (Kashner); Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California (Kashner); Section of Ophthalmology, VA Iowa City Healthcare System, Iowa City, Iowa (Oetting); Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (Oetting); Section of Ophthalmology, VA Manchester Healthcare System, Manchester, New Hampshire (Morhun).