International contact lens prescribing in 2004

This article presents our fourth annual survey of international contact lens prescribing trends. In 2004, we analyzed prescribing habits in 14 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. To each, we sent 1,000 surveys (or a pro-rata number in countries with less than 1,000 practitioners) to clinicians randomly selected from appropriate national registers.

The surveys elicited prospective information about contact lenses and care products that respondents prescribed to up to 10 patients fit after the study began. We employed a weighting system to better reflect the trends of busier practices.

International contact lens prescribing in 2003

This is our third annual survey of international contact lens prescribing trends. Between January and March 2003, we analyzed prescribing habits in 10 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Greece, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the larger countries, we randomly sent 1,000 surveys to contact lens practitioners selected from national registers of qualified clinicians (in the United States, we used the subscriber list of Contact Lens Spectrum). In Norway and Singapore, where the number of practitioners is less than 1,000, we mailed out a pro rata quantity of surveys.

International contact lens prescribing 2002

This paper presents our second annual survey of international contact lens prescribing trends. From January to March 2002, we analyzed contact lens prescribing habits in eight countries: Australia, Canada, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. With the exception of Norway and Singapore (545 and 390 surveys, respectively), 1,000 questionnaires were randomly sent out to a cross section of contact lens practitioners.