Survey Results

Ocularists had to negotiate new contracts with health insurers for 2017, and this process was very difficult. In addition, we received reports from our members that they were postponing their visits to the ocularist until the new year because the visit would count toward their deductible, allowing them to save money. The cost-cutting measures implemented by health insurers were further tightened for 2017. This gave us, as a patient advocacy group, plenty of reasons to ask our members and ocularists about their experiences.

In late January 2017, we conducted an online survey among our members and created a separate questionnaire for ocularists in the Netherlands. View the results.