RAND study: workforce requirements and provider supply relevant to oculoplastic and orbital surgery.

The 1995 RAND study Estimating Eye Care and Workforce Requirements analyzes the United States' supply, demand, and need for eyecare providers. Portions of the RAND study were prepared along traditional ophthalmic specialty lines. This article extracts and further analyzes those portions of the study that are of interest to active subspecialty oculoplastic surgeons. The RAND study results indicate a significant current and very probable future oversupply of oculoplastics workforce personnel. This oversupply is further exacerbated when a RAND study underestimate of the number of new fellowship-trained oculoplastic surgeons is corrected.