Abstract
To quantify the accessibility of eye care providers from photoscreening centers within the vision screening region in relation to population density and median household income. Driving times between vision screening locations and eye care centers were mapped and analyzed using OpenStreetMap software (Open Street Map Foundation). U.S. Census Bureau data of population density and median household income were linked with screening centers using ArcGIS Online (Esri) to determine correlations with driving times. A total of 290 driving times for 145 photo-screening centers, 147 optometrists, and 7 pediatric ophthalmologists were calculated and mapped. Median driving times from a photoscreening center to the nearest optometrist and ophthalmologist were 4.74 and 25.10 minutes, respectively, with 90% of the screening centers residing within 12.46 and 67.19 minutes of the nearest optometrist and ophthalmologist, respectively. Driving times to optometrists are far less than times to pediatric ophthalmologists due to the greater number of optometrists. Decreasing driving times with increasing population and median household income indicate the concentration of optometrists and pediatric ophthalmologists within urbanized areas. Most photoscreening centers reside within 5 and 70 minutes of the nearest optometrist and pediatric ophthalmologist, respectively. Driving times indicate the region's greater accessibility to optometrists than to pediatric ophthalmologists. Eye care centers tend to be localized within urbanized areas with higher population densities and higher median household incomes. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2022;59(6):369-374.].
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