Diabetic retinopathy screening in incident diabetes mellitus type 2 in Germany between 2004 and 2013 - A prospective cohort study based on health claims data.

To assess factors associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening uptake following a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes) in Germany.A nationally representative prospective sample of individual-level health claims data for 250,000 members from Germany's largest public ins...

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Main Authors: Daniel Kreft, Myra B McGuinness, Gabriele Doblhammer, Robert P Finger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5886553?pdf=render