Ophthalmology Workforce Projections, 2020–2035

A simulation model from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) forecasts a sizeable shortage of ophthalmology supply relative to demand by the year 2035, with substantial geographic disparities.

Dr. Edmund Tsui meets with author Dr. Sean T. Berkowitz to break down the implications of this shortage, from his recent Ophthalmology article, "Ophthalmology Workforce Projections in the United States, 2020 to 2035."

Ophthalmology Workforce Projections in the United States, 2020 to 2035. Berkowitz, Sean T. et al. Ophthalmology, Volume 131, Issue 2, 133 – 139.

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