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The inclusion criteria were eyecare institutes that had at least one ophthalmologist (either full-time or part-time) on roll. Hence, vision centers manned by PMOAs were excluded. The institutional data was collected from one ophthalmologist or HR manager from each institute, either telephonically or via Monkey Survey\n                      <jats:sup>\u00a9<\/jats:sup>\n                      online. The questionnaire comprised of three sections: general information about HR, speciality ophthalmology services, and pediatric ophthalmology services. A second phase of data collection involved online meetings with SPOs\/DPMs to improve the response rate. The primary outcomes were various indicators like the ophthalmologist and optometrist population ratio, eye-bed population ratio, etc.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The response rate was 89.9% (7901\/8790). The number of ophthalmologists and optometrists in the entire country at secondary\/tertiary level was 20,944, and 17,849, respectively (ratio: 0.85). On average, there were 15 ophthalmologists and 74 eye beds per million population. On average, there were three ophthalmologists and two optometrists per eye institute at secondary level eye care and above.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is wide variation and uneven distribution of HR for eye care in the country. 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