Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and geographical distribution of ophthalmologists in Brazil.

Purpose: To assess the number of ophthalmologists in Brazil, their regional distribution, ophthalmologist/habitant ratio, and the relation between ophthalmologist and State Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita to aid public health policies.

Methods: An ecologic study was conducted. Data were obtained from the "Census 2011 Brazilian Ophthalmology Council", from "Demographic Census of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) 2010 and from "Brazilian Regional Accounts, 2005-2009"- Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management - IBGE.

Validity of recall absent schoolchildren to free eye health projects.

Purpose: To analyze the results of recall absent schoolchildren to eye health projects.

Methods: Cross-sectional study. Visual screening was performed in schoolchildren attending 1(st) to 4(th) grades at public schools, from 7 to 10 years-old, to select and forward to complete ophthalmic evaluation.

Post-visit at ophthalmology emergency service: frequency and perception of the doctors on duty and users.

Purpose: To check the occurrence of post-visit, the patient's understanding and the assessments of the doctor on duty about the efficacy of the process, at the ophthalmology emergency sector.

Methods: It was conducted a transversal, analytical research among doctors on duty and patients being seen consecutively in the ophthalmology emergency sector of Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo.

Results: The sample was made of 28 doctors on duty and 561 patients, 51.

Social costs of two cataract surgical techniques in Brazil.

Objective: To compare postoperative social costs of two cataract surgical techniques, phacoemulsification (PHACO) and extracapsular extraction (ECCE).

Methods: Prospective randomized intervention study including 205 patients, of which 101 underwent PHACO and 104 ECCE in the public service, in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2002. The socioeconomic impact of these surgical procedures was assessed based on postoperative costs for patients, employers and social security.

Phacoemulsification versus extracapsular extraction: governmental costs.

Purpose: To evaluate the governmental costs of patients undergoing phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction at a public hospital in a developing country.

Methods: A prospective study was conduced with 205 patients. The subjects were randomized for cataract surgery using either phacoemulsification or extracapsular cataract extraction techniques.

Assessment of visual health campaign activities at schools: teachers' perception.

Purpose: 1) To assess the opinion of teachers involved in visual screening of school-age children and their referral to ophthalmologic examination within the "Eye-to-Eye National Campaign for Visual Disorders Prevention and Rehabilitation" (Campanha Nacional de Prevenção e Reabilitação Visual Olho no Olho); 2) To identify the teachers' perception with respect to the training received for conducting the campaign.

Methods: A descriptive study has been conducted, based on data recorded from the application of a questionnaire to 1,517 elementary school teachers working in public schools in 27 Brazilian states. The following items were examined: received orientation, use of educational videos and handbooks, supplied explanations, difficulties, questions and overall campaign assessment.

Ophthalmology emergency room at the University of São Paulo General Hospital: a tertiary hospital providing primary and secondary level care.

Objective: To assess the need for emergency care in a tertiary hospital, in the Ophthalmology Emergency Room of the University of the São Paulo Medical School General Hospital.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional analytic study of the treatment complexity level was carried out in a readily available sample, n = 574, of patients seen at the Ophthalmology Emergency Room of the University of São Paulo Medical School General Hospital, during a typical week.

Results: Of the 574 treated patients, 69.

Patterns of detection and optical correction among ophthalmologists.

Objective: To verify age of first ophthalmic evaluation and optical prescription along with present optical correction among ophthalmologists of different age groups.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a nonprobabilistic sample (n = 578) of ophthalmologists and resident physicians using a self-administered questionnaire.

Results: The first ophthalmologic exam was undergone before age 7 for 33.

[Perceptions of ophthalmologists regarding teaching models applied to contact lenses].

Purpose: To identify perceptions regarding teaching models applied to contact lenses.

Methods: A transversal study in a readily accessible sample consisting of ophthalmologists (n=39) was performed by applying a questionnaire.

Results: The sample consisted of 39 ophthalmologists, 51.