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Annual Medical Eye Care Visits per 1,000 Active Patients
Another indicator of engagement with medical eye care is annual medical eye care visits per 1,000 active patients. The median medical visits
per 1,000 active patients is 68 among independent optometric practices — or about 7% of active patients. Highly engaged practices report
127 or more visits per 1,000 patients (13% of active patients), and the least engaged less than 40 visits (less than 4% of active patients).
Annual Medical Eye Care Visits per 1,000 Active Patients
Improvement High
Opportunity Median Performance
3 19 37 53 59 68 80 101 127 152 236
5th 15th 25th 35th 45th 50th 55th 65th 75th 85th 95th
percentile ranking
AVERAGE=90
Medical Eye Care Visits by Type
The following tables show the typical distribution of medical eye care visits by treatment provided. Glaucoma and dry eye treatments
are most prevalent overall. Many offices do not treat glaucoma, and most glaucoma visits occur in offices which specialize in glaucoma
treatment. A comparison of estimates of the incidence of ocular conditions in the population to MBA data on medical eye care visits
per thousand active patients indicated that the conditions of many patients of private optometrists remain undetected or untreated.
Medical Eye Care Visits by Type
(% of Total Medical Eye Care Visits)
40% Adds to 100%
30%
26%
25%
23%
20% 18%
17%
15%
10% 9%
3% 3%
5%
Glaucoma Dry eye Ocular Ocular Cataract co- Refractive Foreign
allergy infection management surgery co- body removal
management
Annual Medical Eye Care Visits by Type per 1,000 Active Patients
Median Average
Dry eye 15 24
Ocular infection 13 21
Ocular allergy 12 18
Glaucoma 8 24
Cataract co-management 3 9
Refractive surgery co-management 2 3
Foreign body removal 2 4
Total 68 104
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