National-wide survey of ophthalmic human resources in China in 2021
Jin-Da Wang, Chang-Xi Chen, Mei-Rui Liu, Li-Jun Zhang, Yan Sun, Kai Cao · 2024
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Jin-Da Wang and co-authors survey, in a 2024 study, the eye care workforce in mainland China in 2021. They asked eye clinics at large and mid hospitals in 31 provinces about staff and services. Of 13,400 hospitals, about 74 percent replied, and most of those gave eye care. The count came to 48,652 eye doctors, 64,495 eye nurses, and 14,320 optometrists, who test sight and fit lenses. Per 50,000 people, that is 1.7 doctors, 2.25 nurses, and 0.47 optometrists.
Eye doctor density has reached the world mean, the team finds. Optometrist density sits far below it. Load per doctor also split by place: the mean was about 2,585 patients per doctor. In Shanghai and Zhejiang the load passed 4,000. Tibet was the sole region with under one eye doctor per 50,000 people.
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| CREATOR | Jin-Da Wang, Chang-Xi Chen, Mei-Rui Liu, Li-Jun Zhang, Yan Sun, Kai Cao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |