Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Geospatial analysis highlights pediatric eye care deserts in Canada, suggesting inequity in clinician access for children.
Timely treatment of childhood eye diseases hinges on geographic access to pediatric eye-care clinicians, yet 2 in 5 Canadian children live over 30 minutes from pediatric ophthalmologists, and 90% of CDs have no resident pediatric ophthalmologist at all. These provider-absence and travel-access deserts cluster in the lowest-income and most rural regions, signalling an urgent equity gap.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Qureshi et al. (2025) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 8 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: