International Health and Development, Geneva, Switzerland.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2012 Jun;96(6):783-7. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301378. Epub 2012 Mar 26.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To assess the current number of ophthalmologists practicing worldwide in 2010 and to create a system for maintaining, collecting and improving the accuracy of data on ophthalmologists per population, ophthalmologists performing surgery, growth rate of the profession, and the number of residents in training.
Between March 2010 and April 2010, the International Council of Ophthalmology emailed a standardised survey of 12 questions to 213 global ophthalmic societies. Missing data and additional information were gathered from direct correspondences with ophthalmologist contacts.
The total number of ophthalmologists reported was 204,909. Data are presented for 193 countries. Information was obtained from 67 countries on the number of ophthalmologists doing surgery, entering practice, leaving practice, rate of growth and resident training.
The survey results show that despite over 200,000 ophthalmologists worldwide, there is currently a significant shortfall of ophthalmologists in developing countries. Furthermore, although the number of practitioners is increasing in developed countries, the population aged 60+ is growing at twice the rate of the profession. To meet this widening gap between need and supply, it is necessary to aggressively train eye care teams now to alleviate the current and anticipated deficit of ophthalmologists worldwide.
背景/目的：评估 2010 年全球执业眼科医生的数量，并建立一个系统，以维护、收集和提高人口中眼科医生数量、进行手术的眼科医生数量、该专业的增长率以及培训中的住院医师数量的数据的准确性。
2010 年 3 月至 2010 年 4 月期间，国际眼科理事会向 213 个全球眼科协会发送了一份包含 12 个问题的标准化调查。通过与眼科医生联系的直接通信，收集了缺失的数据和其他信息。
报告的眼科医生总数为 204909 人。数据适用于 193 个国家。从 67 个国家获得了有关从事手术、开始执业、离开执业、增长率和住院医师培训的眼科医生数量的信息。
调查结果表明，尽管全球有超过 20 万名眼科医生，但发展中国家目前仍严重缺乏眼科医生。此外，尽管发达国家的从业者人数在增加，但 60 岁以上的人口增长率是该专业的两倍。为了弥合需求和供应之间的差距，现在有必要积极培训眼科医护团队，以缓解全球范围内目前和预期的眼科医生短缺问题。
