Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Dental workforce
The Redesign of Primary Care with Implications of Training: Eighth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to the U.S. Congress
Discusses funding medical training including directing funding for graduate medical education specifically to training in non-hospital sites that serve underserved and rural populations. Recommends the expansion of the National Health Service Corps loan repayment programs to address the severe primary care workforce shortages in medicine and dentistry.
Date: 05/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Discusses funding medical training including directing funding for graduate medical education specifically to training in non-hospital sites that serve underserved and rural populations. Recommends the expansion of the National Health Service Corps loan repayment programs to address the severe primary care workforce shortages in medicine and dentistry.
Date: 05/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Exploring the Potential for Foreign-Trained Dentists to Address Workforce Shortages and Improve Access to Dental Care for Vulnerable Populations in the United States
Examines the impact of foreign-trained dentists on dental care access in Washington State. Addresses participation in Medicaid and practice in health professional shortage areas in comparison with dentists trained in the United States.
Author(s): Naseem Bazargan, Donald L Chi, Peter Milgrom
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 10, 336
Date: 2010
Type: Document
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Examines the impact of foreign-trained dentists on dental care access in Washington State. Addresses participation in Medicaid and practice in health professional shortage areas in comparison with dentists trained in the United States.
Author(s): Naseem Bazargan, Donald L Chi, Peter Milgrom
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 10, 336
Date: 2010
Type: Document
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Washington State's Oral Health Workforce
Examines Washington state's oral health workforce needs in 2009 and moving forward. Includes data specific to rural areas and at the state- and county-level.
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Joseli A. Alves-Dunkerson, et al.
Date: 11/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Examines Washington state's oral health workforce needs in 2009 and moving forward. Includes data specific to rural areas and at the state- and county-level.
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Joseli A. Alves-Dunkerson, et al.
Date: 11/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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The Crisis in Rural Dentistry
Discusses the need for intensified recruitment efforts to increase dental access and improve oral health in rural areas. Includes data on the supply of generalist dentists in rural areas. Proposes potential solutions that may increase the rural oral health care workforce.
Author(s): Mark P. Doescher, Gina A. Keppel, Susan M. Skillman, Roger A. Rosenblatt
Date: 04/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Discusses the need for intensified recruitment efforts to increase dental access and improve oral health in rural areas. Includes data on the supply of generalist dentists in rural areas. Proposes potential solutions that may increase the rural oral health care workforce.
Author(s): Mark P. Doescher, Gina A. Keppel, Susan M. Skillman, Roger A. Rosenblatt
Date: 04/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Dental Health and Access to Care Among Rural Children: A National and State Portrait
Examines topics related to children and their access to dental health services. Covers dental health status, preventive services, and insurance coverage for children in rural and urban areas. Includes data by race/ethnicity, age, gender, poverty level, and other child, family, and community characteristics. Provides state-by-state data and state profiles.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Amy Brock Martin, Eric Wang, Janice C. Probst, Nathan Hale, Andrew O. Johnson
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Examines topics related to children and their access to dental health services. Covers dental health status, preventive services, and insurance coverage for children in rural and urban areas. Includes data by race/ethnicity, age, gender, poverty level, and other child, family, and community characteristics. Provides state-by-state data and state profiles.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Amy Brock Martin, Eric Wang, Janice C. Probst, Nathan Hale, Andrew O. Johnson
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Health Center Expansion and Recruitment Survey 2004: Results by Health and Human Services Regions and Health Center Geography
Reports findings from the national study of health center staffing, recruitment, and retention. Provides information by HHS region, urban and rural geography, and national overall estimates. Includes 118 graphs of selected survey results.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Reports findings from the national study of health center staffing, recruitment, and retention. Provides information by HHS region, urban and rural geography, and national overall estimates. Includes 118 graphs of selected survey results.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Dental Practice: A Tale of Four States
Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as: demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri.
Additional links: Project Summary
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Reports the findings of a study investigating rural dentist issues, such as: demography, training, practice characteristics, staff, and job satisfaction in Alabama, California, Maine, and Missouri.
Additional links: Project Summary
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, Denise M. Lishner, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Dentist Vacancies in Federally Funded Health Centers
Provides information on dentist vacancy rates by rural and urban location at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 12/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Provides information on dentist vacancy rates by rural and urban location at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 12/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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State of the Health Workforce in Rural America: Profiles and Comparisons
Overview of rural healthcare workforce issues. National and state-by-state data on the healthcare workforce, with rural-urban comparisons and interstate comparisons. Also includes data on rural healthcare facilities.
Author(s): Eric H. Larson, Karin E. Johnson, Thomas E. Norris, et al.
Date: 2003
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Overview of rural healthcare workforce issues. National and state-by-state data on the healthcare workforce, with rural-urban comparisons and interstate comparisons. Also includes data on rural healthcare facilities.
Author(s): Eric H. Larson, Karin E. Johnson, Thomas E. Norris, et al.
Date: 2003
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Monitoring Oral Health in Nevada
Interactive dashboard providing data on oral health in Nevada, covering provider availability and trends, demographics, and distribution in the use of dental benefits among Medicaid recipients. Data may be filtered by rural area or county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Interactive dashboard providing data on oral health in Nevada, covering provider availability and trends, demographics, and distribution in the use of dental benefits among Medicaid recipients. Data may be filtered by rural area or county.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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