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米国退役軍人省(VA)のTECS(Technology-based Eye Care Services)では、2015〜2022年に67サイトが設立され、2022年第1四半期時点で83.6%のサイトが継続稼働している1)。2021年会計年度には21,712名を対応し、平均年齢は64.7歳であった。対応患者の52.1%が農村部・高度農村部在住であり、農村部・高度農村部では視力脅威疾患リスクが都市部の1.3〜2.5倍とされる1)。
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