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released: 22 Aug 2000 media release

Presents optometrist labour force statistics from 1986 to 1999 and optometry service utilisation statistics during the 1990s. Projections of current trends are included. Workforce numbers profile the age, sex, hours worked, country of birth and geographic region of practising optometrists. Information on the utilisation of optometry services includes data on the age, sex and geographic region of optometry patients. The report also includes data on the number of students enrolled in and completing optometry courses, and on the migration of optometrists to and from Australia.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 062 8; Cat. no. HWL 17; 62pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Abbreviations
    • Acknowledgements
    • Explanatory notes
  • Chapters
    1. Trends in the optometrist labour force
    2. Age structure
    3. Female participation
    4. Geographic distribution
    5. Income and hours worked
    6. Country of birth
    7. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander optometrists
    8. Survey or private sector optometry and optical dispensing businesses, 1997-98
    9. Optometrist education
    10. Optometrist migration
    11. Utilisation of optometry services
    12. Future supply and utilisation of optometry services
  • End matter
    • Tables
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Related publications

Recommended citation

AIHW 2000. Optometrist labour force 1999. National Health Labour Force Series no. 18. Cat. no. HWL 17. Canberra: AIHW.