The Digital Divide in Eye Health Care Delivery

Brian C Stagg^{1

2}, Chelsey R Schlechter³, Guilherme Del Fiol²

Affiliations

¹ John Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
² Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
³ Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Brian C Stagg et al. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2024.

. 2024 May 1;142(5):452-453.

doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.0577.

Brian C Stagg^{1

2}, Chelsey R Schlechter³, Guilherme Del Fiol²

¹ John Moran Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
² Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
³ Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts related to the proposed work to report.

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