Journal article
Factors attracting Pediatric Dentists to Associateship Agreements
Journal of dentistry for children (Chicago, Ill.), Vol.87(3), pp.126-131
09/15/2020
PMID: 33349295
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the satisfaction of pediatric dentists in associateship agreements. Associateship agreements were deemed satisfactory if a dentist would recommend the employment experience to a colleague.
Methods: A web-based survey was administered to
6,587 pediatric dentists and pediatric dental residents in the United States in 2018. Attributes of associateships that affected dentists' decisions to join or leave a practice were examined with descriptive statistics. Logistic regression was used to identify significant associations between
demographic characteristics and satisfaction with previous associateship agreements.
Results: The survey had an adjusted response rate of 13.2 percent. A total of 405 respondents reported previous experience as an associate in a pediatric dental practice; 62.0 percent of
these individuals recommended their previous associateship to a colleague. Males were significantly more likely to recommend their previous associateship than females (odds ratio=1.85, 95 percent confidence interval=1.16 to 2.95). Income was the most frequently selected attribute that attracted
dentists to an associateship (51.1 percent); 34.6 percent identified practice treatment philosophy as a primary reason for leaving an associateship agreement.
Conclusion: Nearly two-thirds of pediatric dentists who worked as an associate would recommend the experience to
a colleague. Many dentists viewed these as positive career opportunities, even if the associateship did not culminate in buy-in or buy-out.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Factors attracting Pediatric Dentists to Associateship Agreements
- Creators
- Kirstina Gratz - Dr. Gratz is in private practice in Goshen, Indiana, College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USASusan McKernanChandler Pendleton - Ms. Pendleton is a biostatistician, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAXian Jin Xie - Dr. Xie is director, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAKecia Leary - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of dentistry for children (Chicago, Ill.), Vol.87(3), pp.126-131
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- PMID
- 33349295
- ISSN
- 1551-8949
- eISSN
- 1935-5068
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/15/2020
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Biostatistics; Pediatric Dentistry; Public Policy Center (Archive); Dental Research; Oral Health Policy Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984283705302771
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