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Percent of Complete Eye Exams by Type
Typical independent optometric practices conduct twice as many complete eye exams for patients wearing eyeglasses-only than for
contact lens patients. An average of 12% of exams are performed for patients not requiring vision correction. A contact lens exam
ratio below 22% usually indicates that a practice does not routinely recommend contact lenses to candidates, unless patients initiate a
request for a trial fitting.

Percent of Complete Eye Exams by Type
Well Below Below Above Well Above
Average Average Median Average Average
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1 -19 percentile 20 -39 percentile 40 -59 percentile 60 -79 percentile 80 -99 percentile
Eyeglass Exams
42% 52% 58% 62% 72%
Contact Lens Exams
18% 28% 30% 38% 43%
Healthy Eye Exams
4% 7% 12% 17% 22%

Medical Eye Care Visits % of Total Patient Visits
Medical eye care visits as a percentage of total patient visits is an indicator of the extent to which a practice is engaged in medical
eye care. Medical eye care visits account for a median of 17% of total office visits in independent optometric practices. This ratio is
believed to be slowly increasing, but no time series is available to substantiate the growth. The range of engagement in medical eye
care among private optometric practices is wide and is bi-polar. In many practices, less than 10% of patient visits involve medical
treatment; in others more than one third of visits.

Medical Eye Care Visits % of Total Patient Visits

Improvement High
Opportunity Median Performance
0% 5% 10% 12% 15% 17% 18% 21% 26% 30% 41%

5th 15th 25th 35th 45th 50th 55th 65th 75th 85th 95th
percentile ranking
AVERAGE=19%

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