UCLA MOBILE EYE CLINIC:

2019 NEEDS ASSESSMENT

UNDER-SERVED AND
In the era of
MEDI-CAL
UNDER-TREATED ADULTS natural
DOES NOT COVER EYEGLASSES FOR
ADULTS UNLESS THEY ARE

11 MILLION
disasters, PRESCRIBED CATARACT SURGERY

emergency IN NEED OF
OLDER THAN 12 IN NEED OF health care

PROMPT
2012 LA 2013 US FREE
EYEGLASSES WITH REFRACTIVE
COUNTY
CORRECTION.
HEALTH CLINIC providers are
HOSPITAL STUDY OF 3,004
SURVEY STUDY PARTICIPANTS essential.

80% 81% Hospitals face

RESPONSE
OF 1,380 SCREENED
shortages of
OF 163 PATIENTS
RECEIVED POSITIVES WERE supplies, and
PRESCRIPTION FOR REFERRED FOR AN EYE
EYEGLASSES EXAM many people

100% 67% face IN TIMES OF CRISIS TO REPLACE

OF THOSE IN AN LA COUNTY <50% prescription LOST PRESCRIPTIONS AND MEND
IRRITATED VISION FROM FIRES
IN STUDY LACKED
COVERAGE FOR
HOSPITAL SURVEY STUDY DID NOT OF THOSE REFERRED shortages.
PRESCRIPTION OBTAIN EYEGLASSES BECAUSE OF ATTENDED THE EYE AND/OR POOR AIR QUALITY
EXAM
EYEGLASSES HIGH COST

LOS ANGELES LATINO EYE

STUDY: 6,357 LATINOS

DISASTER RELIEF
15.1% 95% 63%
UNCORRECTED REFRACTIVE ERROR FROM MEXICAN ANCESTRY UNDETECTED EYE DISEASE

FOSTER YOUTH/YOUTH IN
90%
ACCORDING TO LA
HOMELESS SERVICES
JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AUTHORITY

30%
ON ANY GIVEN DAY AS OF 2016 OF PEOPLE

OVER
EXPERIENCING

NEARLY
THREE YEARS OR
MORE OF

687,000
INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS

60,000
HAVE POOR VISUAL
HOMELESSNESS SINCE
ACUITY
2015
YOUTH ARE INCARCERATED IN CHILDREN SPENT TIME IN THE US
JUVENILE PRISONS FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
FROM 2003
HEALTHCARE FOR
HOMELESS SURVEY

EMERGENCY
FACILITIES ARE THEIR MAIN
35%-60%
OF FOSTER CHILDREN HAVE
56% 40%
REPORTED UNMET NEED HAVE FUNCTIONAL
CONTACT FOR HEALTH CARE AT LEAST ONE CHRONIC OR FOR EYEGLASSES VISION IMPAIRMENTS
PROVIDERS ACUTE HEALTH CONDITION
Incarcerated youth have high rates of co- Since their position within the system is
occurring health risk behaviors while lacking
access to health care. Providing screenings in
frequently changing, they lack consistent
care. Providing eye screenings in schools is a ADULTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS
detention facilities will limit the barrier. great option to alleviate this barrier.

2012 HEALTHY PASSAGES

STUDY OF 5,147 5TH GRADERS

VETERANS 13.7% 1,694 27.4%

COULD NOT RECEIVE EYEGLASSES OF PARENTS HAD NO VISION
BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE NEED GLASSES OR ALREADY WORE INSURANCE FOR EYE EXAMS OR
UNABLE TO AFFORD THEM THEM EYEGLASSES

20 VETERANS

MILLION AS OF 2017
ACCORDING TO
7% THE US
PREVENTATIVE
HEALTH TASK
THE AMERICAN OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 FORCE
RECOMMENDS
ACADEMY OF
HAD A DIAGNOSED EYE OR VISION
ALL
OPHTHALMOLOGY
RATIO OF MALES TO FEMALES

12% : 22% 80%

DIAGNOSED WITH DRY EYE CONDITION
SYNDROME IN VETERANS AFFAIRS
EYE CLINIC
CHILDREN
BETWEEN 3
HIGH RATES
OF PRESCHOOLERS DO

HIGH RATES AND 5

NOT CURRENTLY
RECEIVE VISION
OF DRY EYE SYNDROME DUE SCREENINGS SHOULD BE SCREENED
OF DEPRESSION AND PTSD FOR VISUAL
TO LOSS OF SEROTONIN IN

MEDI-CAL
AMONG VETERANS IMPAIRMENTS
TEARS

7.2%
PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN
16%
PREVALENCE OF DIABETES
ONLY COVERS GLASSES EVERY 2
YEARS UNDER 21, WHICH DOES NOT
THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE VA MEET CHILD'S IMMEDIATE NEED

YOUTH IN SCHOOL-BASED
OF DIABETES PATIENTS HAD VISION

25%-40% LOSS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN

PREVENTED, SHOWING THE NEED
FOR MORE FREQUENT SCREENINGS PROGRAMS