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Table 2 Human resource allocation in specialized ophthalmic medical institutions in 2014

From: A comparative analysis on human resources among the specialized ophthalmic medical institutions in China

Category

Ophthalmic medical institutions

Health personnel

Physicians

Physician assistants

Scientific research and management fellow

Nursing staff

Optometrists

Opticians

Technicians

Type

 Public

63 (16%)

9 046 (34%)

2 595 (29%)

92 (1%)

1 362 (15%)

3 734 (41%)

452 (5%)

315 (3%)

496 (5%)

 Private

332 (84%)

17 561 (66%)

3 951 (22%)

556 (3%)

1 622 (9%)

8 010 (46%)

1 182 (7%)

911 (5%)

1 329 (8%)

Administration division

 Urban

334 (85%)

22 578 (85%)

5 659 (25%)

442 (2%)

2 503 (11%)

10 132 45%)

1 387 (6%)

1 035 (5%)

1 420 (6%)

 Rural

61 (15%)

4 029 (15%)

887 (22%)

206 (5%)

481 (12%)

1 612 (40%)

247 (6%)

191 (5%)

405 (10%)

Region

 Eastern

169 (43%)

14 090 (53%)

3 537 (25%)

240 (2%)

1 904 (14%)

5 979 (42%)

838 (6%)

620 (4%)

972 (7%)

 Central

153 (39%)

8 828 (33%)

2 159 (24%)

281 (3%)

744 (8%)

4 118 (47%)

554 (6%)

415 (5%)

557 (6%)

 Western

73 (18%)

3 689 (14%)

850 (23%)

127 (3%)

336 (9%)

1 647 (45%)

242 (7%)

191 (5%)

296 (8%)