Interactive Population Insights

Sensory Health

This interactive visual report characterizes adults and children with sensory-related health conditions who received healthcare services at sites participating in PCORnet between January 1 - December 31, 2024. Download the data tables for additional data.

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Overview

This report describes the results of a data query of patients with sensory-related health conditions that had at least 1 face-to-face encounter and a recorded diagnosis code (e.g., ICD-10) at a health care setting across PCORnet between January 1 – December 31, 2024. The query used a 5-year “look-back” period to identify patients with diagnosis codes for specific sensory-related health conditions that were reflected in the electronic health record. The sensory conditions explored in this query were grouped into the following cohorts:

  • Any Sensory Health Condition
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
  • Hearing Disorders
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Perceptual Vestibular Disorders
  • Smell and Taste Disorders
  • Spinal Cord Disorders
  • Vision Disorders
Demographics

Demographic characteristics of the patient population include:

  • Age
  • Ethnicity (Hispanic or Non-Hispanic)
  • Race
  • Sex
Geographic

Geographic characteristics of the patient population include:

  • Area Deprivation Index (ADI)
  • Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) Codes
Care Setting

Characteristics of the care setting utilized by the patient population include:

  • Ambulatory Visit
  • Emergency Department Visit
  • Emergency to Inpatient Stay
  • Inpatient Hospital Stay
  • Non-Acute Institutional Stay
  • Observation Stay
  • Telehealth
Payer

Payer status characteristics of the patient population include:

  • Public (Medicare and Medicaid)
  • Private
  • Other
  • Missing
Co-occuring Conditions

Selected co-occurring conditions for this patient population include:

  • ADHD
  • ADRD
  • Anxiety
  • Aphasia
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Cortical Blindness
  • COVID-19
  • Depression
  • Eye Injury
  • Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Stroke/TIA
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Type 1 Diabetes with Ophthalmic Complications
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes with Ophthalmic Complications
  • Visual Hallucinations
Treatments and Services

Selected treatments and services received by the patient population include:

  • Audiologist
  • ENT
  • Neurology
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Ophthalmology
  • Physiatrist
  • Physical Therapy
  • Psychiatrist
  • Speech-Language Pathology

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Demographics

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Geographic

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Care Setting

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Payer

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Co-occurring Conditions

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Treatments/Services

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AUTHOR

Coordinating Center for PCORnet®
LAST REFRESHED

September 03, 2026

Cite this data report
Data available in this report are meant to illustrate the capabilities of PCORnet. You can cite this data report for publications or proposals, or contact the PCORnet® Front Door for a more comprehensive data request.

Sample citation: The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet®). Updated  July 23, 2026. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://pcornet.org/data/population-insights-sensory/

Funding Statement

The report was funded by PCORI through PCORI Awards (RI-DCRI-01-PS11, RI-VUMC-01-PS10, RI-DCRI-01-PS10, RI-OCHIN-01-PS8, RI-MISSOURI-01-PS8 , RI-CORNELL-01-PS8, RI-FLORIDA-01-PS8, RI-PITT-01-PS8, RI-CHOP-01-PS10, RI-LPHI-01-PS8, RI-VUMC-01-PS9).

The statements presented in this report are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of other organizations participating in, collaborating with or funding PCORnet or of PCORI.

PCORnet® is intended to improve the nation’s capacity to efficiently conduct patient-centered health research, particularly comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), by providing a large, highly representative network of health data, research expertise, and patient insights. PCORnet has been developed with funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI®).