[Current situation of allocation of academic medical personnel in ophthalmology departments in Germany].

The results show how heterogeneously and nontransparent German departments of ophthalmology are staffed in terms of medical doctors. On average, university departments have higher personnel resources per hospital bed to cope with additional tasks in research and teaching. Outpatient tasks, which contribute significantly to the revenues of an eye department, and multiple other tasks are often not taken into account in the personnel calculation. A transparent and uniform basis for calculation of the medical staff of the departments is desirable in order to achieve a sufficient personnel staffing for a patient and employee-oriented working environment.