Oral health workforce planning part 2: Figures, determinants and trends in a sample of World Dental Federation member countries

International Dental Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 117-126

  Yamalik, Nermin ^a   Ensaldo Carrasco, Eduardo ^b   Cavalle, Edoardo ^c   Kell, Kathyrn ^d  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health Committee World Dental Federation (FDI) Private Practice   (Italy)

^d World Dental Federation (FDI) Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

figures; oral health; Oral health workforce; planning; trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FIGURES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; ORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; STATISTICS; TRENDS;

FIGURES; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE; PLANNING; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; ORAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SOCIETIES, DENTAL; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84901648385     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/idj.12117     Document Type: Article

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