TY - JOUR T1 - Accessibility of high-street optometry premises within Tayside JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 1216 LP - 1217 DO - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303471 VL - 97 IS - 9 AU - Liying Low AU - Una O'Colmain AU - Simon Ogston AU - Caroline MacEwen Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/97/9/1216.abstract N2 - As a possible mechanism to address the inequality in eye care, free eye examinations are delivered by high-street optometrists in Scotland on the grounds that they are more readily accessible to the public.1 We aim to compare the location of optometry premises according to the level of deprivation, geographic access and total population in Tayside. Using the postcode of optometry premises and general practitioner (GP) practices within Tayside (Angus, Dundee City, Perth & Kinross), we obtained the overall Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2012 (SIMD) score, and geographic access to services score for each of the premises. From the census data 2010, we obtained the population within each datazone. The overall SIMD score is an area-based index of multiple deprivation encompassing seven domains: income, health, crime, employment, housing, geographic access and education. The larger … ER -