Epidemiological considerations in predicting regional vision health care needs.
The use of crude practitioner to population ratios when age-specific ratios are more appropriate can lead to significant errors in estimates of the need for health care manpower. A comparison of these 2 methods is made using age-specific data for Florida as an example. A brief survey of other epidemiological factors affecting clinical manpower projections is given.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009907:Optometry; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000078329:Workforce