Provision of Care to the Underserved Populations by National Health Service Corps Alumni Dentists

Mofidi, Mahyar; Konrad, Thomas R.; Porterfield, Deborah S; Niska, Richard W.; Wells, Barbara L.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2002.tb03429.x

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“…However, NHSC alumni can leave underserved areas after their service commitments are met, but the majority of North Carolina dentists in the alumni sample, who had been in practice for an average of nine years after their service obligation had been met, chose to either remain in a safety net clinic or see a substantial number of patients enrolled in public insurance programmes. Further, our results are consistent with the only previous study of NHSC alumni dentists and with studies of other types of health professionals linking the providers’ race, altruistic career motivations, and participation in the National Health Service Corps to higher volumes of service to Medicaid beneficiaries or career commitment to underserved populations 3 .…”

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“…Although numerous studies have been done on NHSC physicians, only one study has examined dentists’ continuing provision of care to underserved populations beyond their NHSC obligation 3 . In that study, 48% of a national sample of NHSC alumni with service obligations from 1980 to 1996 reported that they continued to work with underserved populations after their service obligations were met.…”

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“…Because the study of NHSC dentists by Mofidi et al. 3 included mostly scholarship recipients, this paper provides important information about NHSC alumni who served after the LRP was authorised. It also provides information about financial and non‐financial factors that influence NHSC alumni dentists’ decisions to continue to serve underserved populations.…”

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Holding up the oral health safety net: the role of National Health Service Corps alumni dentists in North Carolina

Bhatavadekar

Rozier

Konrad³

2011

International Dental Journal

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National Health Service Corps alumni were more likely to be African-American (38%vs. 10%), work in safety net practices (84%vs. 23%), and see more publicly insured patients (60%vs. 19%) than comparison dentists. Yet their job satisfaction was comparable to non-NHSC alumni dentists. Analyses suggested that current practice in safety net settings is affected by dentists' race, altruistic motivations and previous NHSC participation. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATION: Targeted recruitment of African-American dentists and others wanting to work in underserved communities could amplify the effectiveness of the financial incentive of NHSC loan repayment and induce dentists to remain in 'safety net' settings.

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Holding up the oral health safety net: the role of National Health Service Corps alumni dentists in North Carolina

Bhatavadekar

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Konrad³

2011

International Dental Journal

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“…Research 14 documented that the beliefs of medical providers about human rights and their personal values were significantly related with providing care for underserved patients. For example, research by Mofidi et al 15 in dentists affiliated with the National Health Service Corps showed that altruistic motivations were a positive predictor of the number of years the dentists worked with underserved populations in this non‐profit organization. Just as positive attitudes increased the likelihood of serving underserved patients, negative attitudes decreased the willingness of dentists to serve underserved patients.…”

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Providing Care for Underserved Patients: Periodontists' and Periodontal Residents' Educational Experiences, Attitudes, and Behaviors

Garfinkle

Richards

Inglehart

2010

Journal of Periodontology

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The findings of this study stress the importance of preparing future periodontists in their predoctoral and graduate programs for providing care for underserved patients such as patients with SHCNs. The better that dental education prepares future periodontists to provide care for underserved patients, the more confident periodontists will be when encountering these patients in their own practices and the more likely they will be to contribute to reducing disparities in oral health care access in the United States by treating these patients.

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“…Using a survey of dentists funded by the NHSC between 1980 and 1997, Mofidi et al. () report that 46 percent of the subjects were working in an underserved area in 1998. However, using a survey of physicians, Pathman et al.…”

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Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure

Dunne

Klimek

Roberts

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The RAND J of Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract: This paper estimates a dynamic, structural model of entry and exit in an oligopolistic industry and uses it to quantify the determinants of market structure and long-run firm values for two U.S. service industries, dentists and chiropractors. Entry costs faced by potential entrants, fixed costs faced by incumbent producers, and the toughness of short-run price competition are all found to be important determinants of long-run firm values, firm turnover, and market structure. Estimates for the dentist industry allow the entry cost to differ for geographic markets that were designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas and in which entry was subsidized. The estimated mean entry cost is 11 percent lower in these markets. Using simulations, we compare entry-cost versus fixed-cost subsidies and find that entry-cost subsidies are less expensive per additional firm. Terms of use: Documents inJEL classification: L11, L13, L84

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Provision of Care to the Underserved Populations by National Health Service Corps Alumni Dentists

Cited by 29 publications

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Holding up the oral health safety net: the role of National Health Service Corps alumni dentists in North Carolina

Holding up the oral health safety net: the role of National Health Service Corps alumni dentists in North Carolina

Providing Care for Underserved Patients: Periodontists' and Periodontal Residents' Educational Experiences, Attitudes, and Behaviors

Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure

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