ADA reports on geography and access, workforce projections available
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Posted April 21, 2009 |
Two survey reports—2008 ADA Dental Workforce Model: 2006-2030 and Rural Dentistry: Rural Patients, Travel Burdens and Rural Oral Public Health—are available from the ADA Health Policy Resources Center.
The 2008 ADA Dental Workforce Model: 2006-2030 provides national projections of the number of dentists (professionally active dentists and active private practitioners), applicants to dental school, first-year dental school enrollments and dental school graduates up to the year 2030.
Rural Dentistry: Rural Patients, Travel Burdens and Rural Oral Public Health addresses the geographic component of access by comparing the travel burdens and experiences faced by rural and nonrural populations.
Aggregate results are presented for dental practices located in large (population greater than or equal to 250,000) economically disadvantaged urban areas, small (population less than 250,000) economically disadvantaged urban areas, rural areas, suburban and not economically disadvantaged areas.
Among the issues considered are adequacy of the number of dentists in rural areas, whether dentists should be subsidized to practice in rural areas and travel burdens of rural patients visiting the dentist.
These reports are available (items DWM-2008 and RURAL-2008) by calling 1-800-947-4746 or for download at www.adacatalog.org.
The cost of each of these surveys is $80 for ADA members, $120 for nonmember dentists and $240 for commercial firms, plus shipping and handling.
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