Optometric manpower in Texas; Part II -- educational and practice characteristics

The renewed emphasis in health planning within the last few years makes it imperative that optometric manpower be described as comprehensively as possible not only on a national level but also on a state level. This report utilized remittance advice forms completed during the 1978 license renewal cycle of Texas licensed optometrists to complete demographic, educational, and practice characteristics of actively practicing civilian optometrists in Texas during 1977. Data was examined for the state as a whole and for each Health Service Area (HSA) in the state. This is the second part of a two part article, the first part, Demographic Characteristics, appeared in the July issue.