Number of visits made to BMEC and number of years since unregistered patients in the study sample first became eligible for registration
| Study factor | Category of impairment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind | Partial sight | ||||
| No | % | No | % | ||
| No of visits to BMEC since becoming eligible | 0–4 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 51 |
| 5–10 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 11–40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| >40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Median (range) | 2 (1–54) | ||||
| No of years since eligible | 0–1 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 58 |
| 2–4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
| >4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Median (range) | 0 (0–12) | ||||