Table 3.

Distribution of interviewee responses: Surgical output

	China	Hong Kong	P value*
Laser treatments (median, upper and lower quartiles)
Laser treatment of retinal hole	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	50.0 (3.0, 150.0)	<0.0001
Cyclophotocoagulation	0.0 (0.0, 0.5)	10.0 (1.0, 20.0)	<0.0001
YAG Iridectomy	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	40.0 (5.0, 100.0)	<0.0001
YAG Posterior capsulotomy	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	50.0 (3.0, 100.0)	<0.0001
Surgery (> = 80 % of the entire procedure performed by resident) (median, upper and lower quartiles)
Chalazion	12.0 (0.0, 50.0)	0.0 (0.0, 30.0)	0.21
Pterygium	9.0 (0.0, 33.0)	20.0 (12.5, 50.0)	0.04
Entropion	2.0 (0.0, 5.5)	3.0 (0.0, 10.0)	0.72
ECCE + IOL	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	80.0 (30.0, 100.0)	<0.0001
Phacoemulsification + IOL	0.0 (0.0, 0.0)	20.0 (0.0, 100.0)	<0.0001

ECCE Extracapsular cataract extraction; IOL Intraocular lens; YAG Yttrium aluminium garnet

^*Wilcoxon test