Economics & Dentistry: Dental Health Analysis Series
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Rural Dentistry: Rural Patients, Travel Burdens & Rural Oral Public Health
The economists who authored this report worked with data from various sources to address the geographic component of access by comparing the travel burdens and experiences faced by rural and non-rural populations. Aggregate results are presented for dental practices located in: large (population ≥ 250,000) economically disadvantaged urban areas; small (population < 250,000) economically disadvantaged urban areas; rural areas; and suburban and not economically disadvantaged areas. Among the issues considered are: the adequacy of the number of dentists in rural areas; whether dentists should be subsidized to locate in rural areas; travel burdens of rural patients visiting the dentist; and “bundling” activities of rural patients when making a dental visit.
This report is available in hardcopy (item code RURAL-2008) by calling 1- 800-947-4746 or downloadable (RURAL-2008D) at www.adacatalog.org. The cost of the report is $80 for ADA members, $120 for nonmember dentists and $240 for commercial firms, plus shipping and handling. (The downloadable file has the same price level, excluding shipping and handling.)
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2005 Workforce Needs Assessment Survey: Chairside Assistants
Report contains information on dental practice's current staffing levels and anticipated needs for chairside assistants. Included are chairside assistants' salaries and benefits most frequently offered at a regional level. Data is presented either at state, regional, or national level. It also provides state-by-state analysis of a wealth of information about chairside assistants including work hours, numbers of current openings for chairside assistants, benefits offered to chairside assistants, and reasons for a shortage of chairside assistants.
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Adequacy of Current and Future Dental Workforce
In 2005, the American Dental Association undertook a comprehensive study of the dental workforce supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The resultant reports are published in two companion volumes.
The first volume is entitled Adequacy of Current and Future Dental Workforce. This is a concise description of many aspects of dental workforce and includes an assessment of future adequacy.
The second volume is entitled Adequacy of Current and Future Dental Workforce: Theory and Analysis. This longer volume, detailing the theoretical foundations of dental workforce analysis, provides numerous findings from technical analyses and includes an extensive compilation of supporting data.
The author, L. Jackson Brown, DDS, PhD, suggests that the shorter version be read first. He hopes that these reports "offer an approach to dental workforce, based on data and analysis, that can be used on an ongoing basis to assure that the nation will maintain a dental workforce that can provide the care that the nation needs, wants, and demands."
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The Economics of Endodontics
This project was funded by the American Association of Endodontists (AAE). The report examines the current state of endodontics, including services and utilization, growth in the specialty, geographic location of endodontists, characteristics of endodontists, market for services, and referrals. This publication also includes a look at the future of endodontics, including trends in disease and treatment, workforce projections, and productivity.
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An Examination of Dentists' Fee Discounts and Prepayment Carrier Concentrations
The author, Donald R. House, Ph.D., describes the purpose of this study as a means of determining the extent to which carrier payments of reimbursement fees are consistent with monopsony purchasing as an exercise of market power assembled through carrier concentration. Monopsony theory is a buyer-side application of monopoly theory that is designed to explain the consequences of one buyer in a market with multiple sellers. Within the detailed empirical analyses conducted, Dr. House examines whether reimbursement fees paid by carriers are related to the degree of carrier concentration.
The contents of this report are being made available to the user in PDF format, whereby the user may download and/or print desired information.
- An Examination of Dentists' Fee Discounts
and Prepayment Carrier Concentrations Report
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The Economic Aspects of Unsupervised
Private Hygiene Practice and its Impact on  Access
to Care
The unsupervised practice of dental
hygiene at locations remote from a
dental office is a relatively new occupational
choice in the United States. This article
reports on a study that analyzed the
economic aspects of unsupervised private
hygiene practice and its impact on
access to care.
- The Economic Aspects of Unsupervised Private Hygiene
Practice and its Impact on Access to Care | PDF
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Hard copy also available. See price list to order.
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The Economics of Dental Education
This
report was initiated by the Association's Dental Economics Advisory
Group (DEAG) in response to dental community concerns regarding
the economic state of dental education in the U.S.
The chapters within this monograph, developed
by a number of outstanding experts in the fields of dental education
and economics, provide in-depth analyses of key economic issues
and trends facing dental education.
The contents of The Economics of Dental Education report are being
made available to the user in PDF format, whereby the user may
download and/or print desired information.
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Economic Impact of Dentists
While economic impact is made in the same locality
as a dentist's office, the impact is not confined to this locality.
The influence of any economic activity commonly spreads beyond
a local economy. The total impact of dentistry can also be broken
down at the industry level and, thus, industries that are most
affected by this spending stream can be identified. The American
Dental Association commissioned a study to be conducted by leading
economists in order to measure the economic impact of dentists.
Major findings from the study are presented in this downloadable
brochure.
- Total Economic
Impact of Dentists: Over 200 Billion
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file/273k
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Medicaid and Dental Care for Children: A Review of the Literature
The authors of this report, well-known experts in the field of oral health care, described the two specific aims of the study as follows: (1) conduct an extensive literature search and identify those factors that contribute to the lack of access to Medicaid and to State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for young children; and (2) identify dentistry-related literature that focuses on access to Medicaid and SCHIP programs.
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American Dental
Association Dental Workforce Model
Annually performs a long-term projection of the U.S. dental workforce using statistical transition models for retirements, occupation change, location choice, specialty education, and death, using data gathered from previous Distributions of Dentists and Surveys of Dental Graduates. Also uses enrollment trends from previous Surveys of Dental Education. Additional allocation models distribute new dental school graduates into dental occupations, locations, and specialty programs.
The latest version of this report is now available in hardcopy format (item code DWM-2008) by calling 1-800-947-4746 or as a downloadable file (item code DWM-2008D) at www.adacatalog.org. The cost of the report is $80 for ADA members, $120 for nonmember dentists and $240 for commercial firms, plus shipping and handling. (The downloadable file has the same price, excluding shipping and handling.)
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2004 Workforce Needs Assessment Survey: Dental Hygienists
The report contains information on workforce levels of and anticipated needs for dental hygienists. Included are dental hygienists' salaries and benefits most frequently offered on a regional level. Information is presented either at state, regional, or national level. It also provides a wealth of information about dental hygienists reported state-by-state, including work hours, numbers of current openings for hygienists, benefits offered to hygienists, and reasons for a shortage of hygienists.
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1999 Dental Workforce Needs Assessment Survey
Report contains information on dental practice's current staffing levels and anticipated needs for chairside assistants, dental hygienists, and dental laboratory technicians. Included are non-dentist employee salaries at a regional level. Data is presented either at state, regional, or national level.
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Financing the Purchase and Sale of Dental Practices
The report provides a summary of issues pertaining to buying and selling dental practices, including the parties of interest and alternative financing methods. A bibliography and related web sites are also provided.
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Issues in Children's Access to Dental Care Under Medicaid
Written by W. Steven Barnett, PhD, and Kirsty
Clarke Brown – individuals with expertise in economics
and policy analysis for issues concerning early child development,
especially
among disadvantaged appropriate agencies.
Report focuses on a study to identify what barriers might account
for an apparent
lack of access to dental care for young
children in the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs.
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Unmet Needs and Access Among Our Nation's Children:
Issues and Options (White Paper)
This report addresses the issue of dental
access to dental services for children from different economic
backgrounds. The report focuses on issues relevant to the establishment
of legislation that intends to address the barriers faced by
children from lower income families, taking into account the
realities of the marketplace. Trend data from the NHANES I and
NHANES III surveys are included in the analysis.
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Future of Dentistry
Executive Summary and Full Report available.
See price list at the bottom of this
page.
During its 1999 meeting, the House of Delegates of the American Dental Association (ADA) overwhelmingly agreed that it was imperative to address the dynamic health environment in which dentistry finds itself and to determine, to the best of its ability, what challenges the future will hold. In the face of advances in medical and dental technology, alterations in demographics and epidemiology, and ever-changing modalities of access to care and financing of health care services, it appeared that the dental profession had to prepare itself so that it could maintain the highest level of patient care. To that end, the House of Delegates commissioned the Future of Dentistry project. The resultant Future of Dentistry report evaluates the present state of dentistry, makes educated predictions regarding what challenges the profession will face in the future, and makes recommendations as to how dentistry can best address these challenges. The major topics of the report are as follows: Clinical Dental Practice and Management, Financing of and Access to Dental Services, Dental Licensure and Regulation of Dental Professionals, Dental Education, Dental and Craniofacial Research, and Global Oral Health.
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Studies of Dental Workforce
The workforce monograph is the end-result
of a two-year collaboration process among
well-known experts in the fields of dentistry
and economics. Each chapter of the
monograph is written by individual authors.
Each author (or groups of authors) presents
excellent analyses within an area
of expertise and interest in an effort
to supply interested parties with the best
available information on U.S. dentist
workforce issues and policy – including but
not limited to: regional workforce issues,
aging and demographic changes, dentist productivity,
allied dental personnel and the demand
for dental services.
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