Human resources and infrastructure for eye care in India: current status.

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dc.contributor.authorMurthy, G V Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Sanjeev Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorBachani, Damodaren_US
dc.contributor.authorTewari, H Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorJohn, Neenaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-16en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-03T05:29:14Z
dc.date.available2004-05-16en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-03T05:29:14Z
dc.date.issued2004-05-16en_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: An ophthalmic workforce and infrastructure planning survey was undertaken to provide a valid evidence base for human resource and infrastructure requirements for elimination of avoidable blindness. This is the first time that such an extensive survey has been done in India. METHODS: Pre-tested questionnaires were administered to all district-level blindness officials and ophthalmology training institutions during April 2002-March 2003. Supplementary data sources were used wherever necessary. Data analysis was done in Stata 8.0. Projections of the existing ophthalmologists and dedicated eye beds were made for the entire country using the mean, median and range for each individual state. RESULTS: The response rate was 89.3%. More than half the eye care facilities were located in the private sector. Sixty-nine per cent of the ophthalmologists were employed in the private and non-governmental sectors; 71.5% of all dedicated eye beds were managed by these two sectors. Five states (Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) had half the practising ophthalmologists in India. There was a wide disparity in access to ophthalmologists and dedicated eye beds across the country. Using the median to obtain medium projections, it is estimated that there are 9478 practising ophthalmologists and 59 828 dedicated eye beds in India. CONCLUSIONS: India will be able to meet the requirements for trained ophthalmologists and dedicated eye beds to achieve the goals of Vision 2020. Some states will need special attention. Instead of an across-the-board increase in ophthalmologists and eye beds, regions which are deficient will need to be prioritized and concerted action initiated to achieve an equitable distribution of the available resources.en_US
dc.description.affiliationCommunity Ophthalmology, Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. gvsmurthy2000@yahoo.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationMurthy GV, Gupta SK, Bachani D, Tewari HK, John N. Human resources and infrastructure for eye care in India: current status. National Medical Journal of India. 2004 May-Jun; 17(3): 128-34en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/118401
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.nmji.inen_US
dc.subject.meshCatchment Area (Health)en_US
dc.subject.meshEye Diseases --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshForecastingen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Care Surveysen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Resources --supply & distributionen_US
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Needs and Demanden_US
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Special --supply & distributionen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndia --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshOphthalmology --manpoweren_US
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_US
dc.titleHuman resources and infrastructure for eye care in India: current status.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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