French Public Ophthalmology Care Survey of 145 Centers and 823 Practitioners

Table 1_French public care in ophthalmology: a nationwide survey is a dataset by Adrian Bord, last updated in April 2026. It contains results from an online survey of 145 French public hospital ophthalmology departments, describing 823 ophthalmologists. The data includes demographics, practitioner positions, subspecialty distribution, and geographical analysis of care resources.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographical disparities in specialist care based on administrative area breakdowns mentioned in the description.
• Model ophthalmologist workforce demographics based on reported age and gender distributions.
• Assess subspecialty coverage variability for conditions like neuro-ophthalmology and ocular inflammation.
• Calculate practitioner density per population based on the reported mean of 1.37 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Strengths

• Includes data from 145 responding centers, representing 823 ophthalmologists.
• Provides specific demographic breakdowns, including mean age (42.4 years) and gender distribution (49.6% men).
• Details practitioner positions with exact counts (e.g., 335 hospital practitioners, 63 professors).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (23.6 KB), indicating limited scope and likely summary-level data.
• Data may reflect response bias inherent to the survey methodology on figshare.

Provenance

Source

Adrian Bord via figshare.

Collection Method

Online survey emailed to heads of ophthalmology departments in French public hospitals.

Time Range

Survey period not specified; dataset reflects a snapshot.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 14:16:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

France, analyzed across administrative areas.