average patients per optometrist
â  Optometrists spend an average of 37 hours per week in the office. â  The majority age group (24%) of patients seen by optometrists is 35 to 54 years. â  On average, optometrists treat 60 patients per week. The average for owner optometrists is 57, including seven walk-ins/emergencies and 16 new patients. The average for non-owner optometrists is 63, including 20 new patients and nine walk-ins/emergencies. â  Optometrists provide pre-op evaluation and care for an average of 17 refractive surgery patients per year. They provide post-op care to an average of 23 patients. More than three-fourths of optometrists co-manage, on average, six cataract patients per month.