Average number of visits per year for optometrist
Optometrists diagnosed, on average, 3 patients per month with glaucoma and treated 7 patients per month for the condition. Figure 1 displays the mean number of patients diagnosed and treated by optometrists in 2011 for anterior segment disorders.ess than a third (31%) of optometrists treated cataract patients in 2011 and of those who did treat cataracts, an average of 15 patients per month were treated. More than three-fourths (78%) of optometrists co-managed, on average, 6 cataract patients per month.