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Accessibility of high-street optometry premises within Tayside

2013; BMJ; Volume: 97; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303471

ISSN

1468-2079

Autores

Liying Low, Una O’Colmain, Simon Ogston, C J MacEwen,

Tópico(s)

Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research

Resumo

As a possible mechanism to address the inequality in eye care, free eye examinations are delivered by high-street optometrists in Scotland on the grounds that they are more readily accessible to the public.1 We aim to compare the location of optometry premises according to the level of deprivation, geographic access and total population in Tayside. Using the postcode of optometry premises and general practitioner (GP) practices within Tayside (Angus, Dundee City, Perth & Kinross), we obtained the overall Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2012 (SIMD) score, and geographic access to services score for each of the premises. From the census data 2010, we obtained the population within each datazone. The overall SIMD score is an area-based index of multiple deprivation encompassing seven domains: income, health, crime, employment, housing, geographic access and education. The larger …

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