Research Catalog

Estimating eye care provider supply and workforce requirements

Title
Estimating eye care provider supply and workforce requirements / Paul Lee, Catherine Jackson, Daniel A. Relles ; supported by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Author
Lee, Paul P., 1960-
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library RE72 .L44 1995Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Jackson, Catherine A., 1952-
  • Relles, Daniel A.
Description
xxviii, 136 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Summary
The authors conducted a workforce study of eye care providers (ophthalmologists, non-ophthalmic physicians, and optometrists) in the United States. Using data from a RAND survey of U.S. ophthalmologists and from publicly available datasets, the authors determined the supply of available providers, and estimated the present and future public health need for eye providers and the current level of demand. The authors then reconciled the supply of providers with present demand and need for services with future need through the year 2010. The study found an overall large surplus of eye care providers in the United States. Which type of provider will have the greatest surplus depends on whether the health care delivery system allocates patients to optometrists or to general ophthalmologists for primary care.
Series Statement
Rand note ; MR-516-AAO
Uniform Title
Rand note ; MR-516-AAO.
Subject
  • Ophthalmologists > Supply and demand > United States
  • Optometrists > Supply and demand > United States
  • Ophthalmology
  • Optometry
  • Ophthalmology
  • Optometry
  • Health Workforce
  • Workforce
  • MEDICAL > Health Policy
  • Ophthalmologists > Supply and demand
  • Optometrists > Supply and demand
  • United States
Note
  • "Supported by the American Academy of Ophthalmology".
  • "MR-516-AAO".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136) and index.
ISBN
  • 0833016520
  • 9780833016522
LCCN
95018056
OCLC
  • ocm32430541
  • 32430541
  • SCSB-2050200
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library