The pandemic caused an overall decrease in the rates of the 10 most common ophthalmic procedures performed in 2020 when ...

The number of common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries overall declined by 17.9% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The results of this study show that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a notable drop in the number of common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries, especially in laser peripheral iridotomy, ...