Interrupted diabetes eye care in Te Toka Tumai Auckland 2008-2019: analysis of routinely collected health-facility data.

Similar proportions were observed for a delay beyond 6 months when referred from retinal screening to ophthalmology with referrable retinopathy (n=648/1,909; 33.9%) and a delay beyond 12 months between ophthalmology review (n=366/1,136; 32.2%) or complete loss to follow-up from these two stages (n=433/1,909; 22.7% and n=188/1,136; 16.5% respectively).

Younger adults were more likely to experience complete loss to follow-up from retinal screening and ophthalmology review compared to people aged 50-59 years; compared to NZ Europeans, all other ethnicity groups were more likely to be lost to follow-up from retinal screening, with Māori and Pacific peoples experiencing the greatest disparity.