Eye Care Workforce Study Predicts Growing Demand for Optometric Services, Adequate Number of Eye Doctors

ST. LOUIS and ROCKVILLE, Md.—The National Eye Care Workforce Study, conducted jointly by the American Optometric Association (AOA) and the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO), set out to help answer questions about how America's eye health needs will be met over the next decade and beyond. Conducted in 2012 and just released this week, the study sent surveys to about 3,900 optometrists, of which approximately 18 percent, or about 700 respondents, replied, vice president of the AOA board of trustees, Steve Loomis, OD, told VMail. -   See more