Eye health workforce in Australia
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Topic: Workforce
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Eye health workforce in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 September 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Eye health workforce in Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Eye health workforce in Australia. AIHW, 2016.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Eye health workforce in Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Eye health workforce in Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents the latest available data on the eye health workforce in Australia. It also provides a baseline for reporting against workforce capacity indicators. In 2011, the latest year for which data were available for most professions, there were over 800 ophthalmologists, around 4,000 optometrists and over 6,000 allied ophthalmic personnel (orthoptists, optical dispensers, optical mechanics, orientation and mobility specialists and occupational therapists specialising in eye health) in the eye health workforce.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-932-1
- Cat. no: HWL 55
- Pages: 61
Findings from this report:
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Nearly 54% of the Australian population reported having one or more long-term eye condition in 2011-12
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In 2011, over 10,900 people were employed in the eye health workforce
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Optometrists and optical dispensers combined made up the majority of the eye health workforce (78.0%) in 2011
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In 2011, 78.6% of the eye health workforce worked in Major cities, where 70.2% of the Australian population lived