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Access to CareEye Care Provider Workforce Considerations in 2020
Paul P. Lee, MD, JD;
H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr, MD;
David W. Parke III, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(3):406-410.
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INTRODUCTION
The Eye Care Workforce Study reported in 1995 that "under modeling assumptions that use a work-time ratio of 1 between optometrists and ophthalmologists and between specialist and generalist ophthalmologists, a significant excess of eye care providers exists relative to both public health need and demand."1(p1964)
The report further stated that
if optometrists are the preferred primary eye care provider, ophthalmologists would be in excess under all demand scenarios and all need scenarios where the optometrist to ophthalmologist work-time ratio is greater than 0.6. No excess of ophthalmologists would exist if ophthalmologists are the preferred primary eye care provider. Data on the appropriate work-time ratio will help refine estimates of the imbalance between supply and requirements.1(p1964)
In addition, the report noted that "changes in the work-time ratio, work-hours per year per provider, care patterns for the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
WORK EFFORT OF OPTOMETRISTS
CONTENT AND PATTERNS OF CURRENT CARE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY, NEW TREATMENTS, AND NEW DISEASES WORK EFFORT OF PROVIDERS WITH TIME PROJECTION OF SUPPLY OF ENTRANTS AND PROVIDERS US POPULATION GROWTH
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Author Affiliations: Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, NC (Dr Lee); American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, Calif (Dr Hoskins); and Dean McGee Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (Dr Parke).
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