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The HPRC also offers custom services that may be of interest to dentists, researchers, and lawmakers, among others. These services include:
Custom-run Data Analysis
The Survey Center has an excellent historical database, going
back over decades for some subjects. Custom-run data
analysis can
be performed on existing published or
unpublished data. Due to certain constraints,
not all information collected in ADA
surveys is published, though an effort
is made to publish the most useful information.
Published data can
be analyzed in a way not found in our
reports, tailored to suit your needs.
The rate for custom data analysis is
$200/hour, with a minimum of one hour.
If you are interested in custom-run data
analysis, please submit a written request
via mail, fax, or e-mail
to the Survey Center (contact information
on the bottom of this page). In the request,
please indicate what specific information
you are interested in and how the data
will be used.
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Research Samples of Dentists
The Survey Center offers research samples, which are constructed from the Survey Center’s sampling frame of professionally active dentists, dental students or retired dentists. These samples can be segmented by numerous variables, such as membership status, occupation, graduation year, U.S. Census region, specialty/practice area, ownership status, gender and age, among other variables.
The rate for a dentist research sample starts at $3,000, dependent upon complexity. Information can be provided to you in a variety of ways (CD, floppy disk, mailing labels, etc.)
The Survey Center requires prepayment for both of the above services.
Visa, MasterCard or American Express are accepted for immediate
processing. Payment may also be made to the "American Dental
Association" by check or money order; however, orders cannot
be fulfilled until payment is received. Mail payments to the
address on the bottom of the page.
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Use of Copyrighted Materials
Requests should
be submitted in writing to the Survey
Center (contact information on the bottom
of this page), with a brief explanation
of how the materials will be used and
where they will be published. There is
no charge for use of copyrighted materials.
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Dental Geographic Information System (DGIS)
The ADA has developed a Dental Geographic Information System (DGIS). The ADA’s DGIS has three characteristics that separate it from other geographic information system (GIS) implementations.
- The location of dentists and their practices is of paramount importance.
- The ADA has unique data about dentists linked into the DGIS.
- The ADA has its own specialized geography in the form of component societies that are incorporated into the DGIS.
Using the DGIS, ADA staff are able to research:
- Dental workforce within in any area
- Dental office markets
- Dentist life-style choices
- Patient access
- Membership analysis
- Disaster management
To request a specific DGIS analysis, please call the HPRC at 312-440-2568 and ask to speak with Mr. Matt Warren. (Note that the fee for this service will be determined based on the level of information requested.)
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Detailed State-Specific Dental Workforce Analysis
Upon request, the HPRC can provide an examination of dentist workforce requirements based on an economic approach (i.e., supply and demand).
Demand factors considered are:
- population growth,
- economic growth, and
- dental service utilization.
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Supply factors considered are:
- socio-demographic characteristics
of the dentist workforce,
- the distribution of dentist workforce within the state, and
- pre-doctoral dental education.
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The analysis includes projections of dentist workforce and state dental society membership. The impacts of increasing productivity and the increasing percentage of female dentists also are considered. Each analysis can be custom tailored to respond to specific questions concerning dental workforce requirements in a given state. The prepared data analyses are submitted in a PowerPoint file (between 100–180 slides).
To request a specific state analysis, please call the HPRC at 312-440-2568 and ask to speak with Mr. Tom Wall (the fee will be determined based on the level of information requested).
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Contact Information
American Dental Association
Health Policy Resources Center
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone: ADA member toll-free number, ext. 2568,
or 312-440-2568
Fax: 312-440-7461
E-mail: survey@ada.org
If
there is any statistical information related to dentistry that you cannot
locate, or there is a service you are interested in that is not outlined
here, we encourage you to contact the HPRC to find out how we
may be able to help you.
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