SIC 8042 | NAICS 621320
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Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:
Monthly publication features news and information for optometry professionals, with topics covered in each issue of the journal including practice management, clinical and patient care, new products, and technology updates, and special features including annual income surveys which provide data on practitioner income by gender, years of experience, employment status, and geographic region.
First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:
Clinical Practice Survey
http://www.aoa.org/
Two-part survey provides information on clinical care and optical dispensing by optometrists, with the latter
portion of the survey including information on new prescriptions, prescriptions filled elsewhere, number
and types of frames on display, types of lenses and lens materials, and contact lens fittings,
materials, and inventory. Executive summary and detailed table of contents are available free online.
Survey of Optometric Practice: Practicing Optometrists & Their Patients
http://www.aoa.org/
Annual practice survey provides a detailed statistical profile of optometrist and patient characteristics
and practitioners' participation in third party payer plans and managed care services, with statistical
data broken out by optometrist employment status (e.g., solo owner, non-solo owner, employed, and independent
contractor). Executive summary and detailed table of contents are available free online.
Market research report provides a detailed analysis of the U.S. market for vision care products, with data provided in the report including market size and forecast by product type (e.g., contact lenses, prescription lenses, eyeglass frames, and non-prescription sunglasses), and major product vendors discussed in the report including Alcon, Bausch & Lomb, Essilor International, Hoya, and Luxottica.
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.
Annual income survey provides gross billings and net income data for optometrists, with survey data presented by practice type (e.g., solo, nonsolo), ownership status, age, gender, years of experience, hours worked, employment status (e.g., self-employed, employee, and independent contractor), and and geographic location. Executive summary and detailed table of contents are available free online.
Custom performance assessment report allows users to compare their firm's financial performance with other similar-size practices based on annual gross revenue, with topics addressed in the report including gross revenue and productivity measures, key measures by practice type and community size, fees and production, dispensary and contact lens revenue, and practice income and expenses.
Annual income survey provides compensation data for optometrists by employment status (e.g., self- employed, employee, and independent contractor), practice setting (e.g., solo, group or partnership), employer type (e.g., other OD or MD, commercial firm, academic institution, hospital/VA center, and HMO/PPO), gender, years of experience, and geographic region. Surveys are available free online.
Survey of Optometric Practice: Income From Optometry
http://www.aoa.org/
Annual income survey provides gross billings and net income data for optometrists, with survey data presented
by practice type (e.g., solo, nonsolo), ownership status, age, gender, years of experience, hours worked,
employment status (e.g., self-employed, employee, and independent contractor), and and geographic location.
Executive summary and detailed table of contents are available free online.
Survey of Optometric Practice: Employment of Optometric Staff
http://www.aoa.org/
Annual employment survey provides compensation data by practice setting for non-optometrist staff, with
positions covered in the survey including clinical staff, optical dispensing staff, optical laboratory staff,
financial coordinator, coding and billing personnel, office manager, and secretarial or reception personnel.
Executive summary which includes hourly wage data for each position is available online.
