Journal article
General Dentist Characteristics Associated With Rural Practice Location
Journal of Rural Health, Vol.29(s1), pp.s89-s95
08/01/2013
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12004
PMID: 23944285
Abstract
To examine whether there is a difference in the likelihood that a general dentist practices in a rural location based on individual characteristics, including dental school attended, birth state, practice arrangement, sex, and age. All private practice, general dentists in Iowa were included in this study. Data were extracted from the year 2010 version of the Iowa Dentist Tracking System, which monitors practice patterns of active dentists. Rurality of primary office location, categorized using Rural-Urban Commuting Area codes, served as the outcome variable. Chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regression were used to explain associations between rural practice location and dentist characteristics. The dentist workforce in rural areas of Iowa is dominated by older males who were born in Iowa. As this generation retires and increasing numbers of women enter the profession, state policy makers and planners will need to monitor changing trends in the rural workforce.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- General Dentist Characteristics Associated With Rural Practice Location
- Creators
- Susan C McKernan - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryRaymond A Kuthy - University of Iowa, Center for Social Science InnovationGolnaz Kavand
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Rural Health, Vol.29(s1), pp.s89-s95
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1111/jrh.12004
- PMID
- 23944285
- ISSN
- 0890-765X
- eISSN
- 1748-0361
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000102, name: HRSA, award: T12HP14992
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2013
- Description audience
- Academic
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Public Policy Center (Archive); Oral Health Policy Research
- Record Identifier
- 9983756997702771
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