Ophthalmic services in Shanghai 2017: a cataract-centric city-wide government survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Demand for eye care has increased in recent decades in China due to rapid socioeconomic development and demographic shift. Knowledge of output and productivity of ophthalmic services would allow policymakers to optimize resource allocation, and is therefore essential. This study sought to map the landscape of ophthalmic services available in Shanghai, China.

Methods

In 2018, a government-led survey was conducted of all 86 tertiary/secondary hospitals and five major private hospitals providing eye care in Shanghai in the form of electronic questionnaire, which encompassed ophthalmic services (outpatient and emergency room [ER] visit, inpatient admissions, and surgical volume) and service productivity in terms of annual outpatient and ER visits per doctor, inpatient

SUBMITTER: Zhu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8487503 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature