Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
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Community Dent Oral Epidemiol · Jun 2017
Comparative StudyComparing human resource planning models in dentistry: A case study using Canadian Armed Forces dental clinics.
To compare two methods of allocating general dentists to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) dental detachments: a dentist-to-population ratio model and a needs-based model. ⋯ The findings reveal differences between estimation models of <1 FTE, with higher estimates produced from the dentist-to-population ratio model. A larger difference was found in clinics with larger populations. The perceived overestimation of dental human resource requirements suggests that changing to a needs-based model may result in cost savings.