Dentist Workforce Trends in a Primarily Rural State

Kuthy, Raymond A.; McKernan, Susan C.; Hand, Jed S.; Johnsen, David C.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0105

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“…12,13 Dentist shortage is projected to continue and increase, particularly in rural areas. 14,15 Despite its conceptually relevant role, there is little empirical assessment of the importance of dentist supply and implications of changes in the dental workforce for children's oral health in the United States. A recent study reported a negative correlation between number of dentists relative to the size of the state's population and proportion of children with oral health problems in the state.…”

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Dentist Supply and Children’s Oral Health in the United States

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Wehby

2014

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Dentist Supply and Children’s Oral Health in the United States

Guarnizo-Herreño

Wehby

2014

Am J Public Health

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“…Among dentists, independent variables included age, gender, participation in DWP, and overall attitude toward DWP. Dentist age and gender variables were drawn from data from the Iowa Dentist Tracking System, which has collected information on Iowa the Iowa dentist workforce since 1997 . Dentist attitudes toward, and participation in, DWP were self‐reported in the survey.…”

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“…Dentist age and gender variables were drawn from data from the Iowa Dentist Tracking System, which has collected information on Iowa the Iowa dentist workforce since 1997. 6 Dentist attitudes toward, and participation in, DWP were selfreported in the survey. Dentist participation in DWP was defined as current acceptance of new patients enrolled in DWP.…”

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Who provides open‐ended comments? Assessing item nonresponse bias in Medicaid surveys of members and dentists

Reynolds

McKernan

Sukalski

2019

J Public Health Dent

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Objectives This aim of this study was to examine factors associated with survey item nonresponse to open‐ended items in mailed surveys. Methods Data sources include two surveys conducted in Iowa in 2016 – one to a random sample of Medicaid dental program members and one to private practice dentists. Item nonresponse bias for open‐ended comments was examined by comparing differences between commenters and noncommenters. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses examined differences based on demographic characteristics, attitudes, and experiences with the program, and survey mode. Results Among members, respondents who were Black, older, unemployed, had a recent dental visit, rated the plan poorly, and completed the survey on paper were significantly more likely to provide comment. Among dentists, those who participated in the plan and those who completed the survey online were significantly more likely to provide comment. Conclusions Members and dentists with direct experiences with the Medicaid dental program were more likely to provide open‐ended survey comments, whereas we found inconsistent results between members and dentists with regard to the impact of demographic characteristics, survey mode, and attitude toward the plan.

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“…Data on dentists were obtained from the Iowa Health Professions Tracking Systems, a regularly updated database of all licensed and practicing dentists in Iowa (Kuthy et al. ). We obtained the annual child population count from the Area‐Resource‐File (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS] ).…”

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