Primary care providers and practice locations: examining the relationships

Susan C McKernan; Raymond A Kuthy; Adweta Joshi

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0189

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Primary care providers and practice locations: examining the relationships

Susan C McKernan, Raymond A Kuthy and Adweta Joshi

Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), Vol.143(5), pp.e8-e15

05/2012

DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0189

PMCID: PMC4114397

PMID: 22547726

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Abstract

The authors conducted a study in which they explored the geographical distributions of primary care dentists, physicians and pharmacists to determine if a spatial pattern existed between provider types across cities in Iowa. The authors analyzed practice locations of primary care providers, including dentists, pharmacists and physicians, at the city and county levels in Iowa for 2000 and 2010. They categorized cities on the basis of types of primary care providers in each city and compared population characteristics. Among cities with primary care providers of any type, the most common scenario was for all three provider types to be found together. Several cities that had at least one physician and pharmacist but no dentist in 2000 gained one by 2010. There appears to be a heterarchy of primary care providers in Iowa cities, with pharmacists more prevalent than physicians and dentists. Communities with at least one physician and pharmacist but no dentist may be able to offer new or relocating dentists a competitive opportunity for practice.

Geographic Information Systems

Iowa

Humans

Workforce

Professional Practice Location - statistics & numerical data

General Practice, Dental - statistics & numerical data

Primary Health Care

Cities

Pharmacists - statistics & numerical data

Physicians, Primary Care - statistics & numerical data

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Title: Subtitle: Primary care providers and practice locations: examining the relationships
Creators: Susan C McKernan - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community Dentistry
Raymond A Kuthy - University of Iowa, Center for Social Science Innovation
Adweta Joshi
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), Vol.143(5), pp.e8-e15
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0189
PMID: 22547726
PMCID: PMC4114397
NLM abbreviation: J Am Dent Assoc
ISSN: 0002-8177
eISSN: 1943-4723
Publisher: England
Grant note: T32 DE014678 / NIDCR NIH HHS DE014678 / NIDCR NIH HHS T12HP14992 / PHS HHS
Language: English
Date published: 05/2012
Academic Unit: Preventive and Community Dentistry; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9983756998102771

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