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We estimated carbon emissions, costs, and appointment attendance for care delivered in Yellowknife vs care received via referral to Edmonton (Alberta Retina Consultants clinic).\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A total of 171 patients were included. Carbon emission analysis (n = 171) showed a total mean difference of 12 6410 kg of carbon dioxide emissions used for patient travel between patients who received care locally (producing 77% lower emissions) vs those traveling to Edmonton. The estimated mean cost difference (n = 171) for patients receiving care in Yellowknife vs those traveling to Edmonton for care was more than CAD$1.6 million annually, with the majority attributed to transportation. Attendance analysis (n = 52) showed a higher rate of missed appointments in Edmonton vs Yellowknife (mean \u00b1 SD, 21.3 \u00b1 14.4% vs 14.3 \u00b1 15.6%, respectively).\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Delivering intravitreal injections locally in Yellowknife was associated with improved patient attendance to appointments, reduced costs, and reduced carbon emissions compared with retinal care provided via the traditional referral-based system in Edmonton.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/24741264261447502","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,5]],"date-time":"2026-06-05T07:31:21Z","timestamp":1780644681000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of Local Intravitreal Injection Delivery on Cost, Carbon Emissions, and Attendance in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"given":"Annie","family":"Switzer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MD Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2102-9518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gurkaran S.","family":"Sarohia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eugene","family":"Michael","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Seamone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","unstructured":"Government of Canada. 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