Access to Oral Health Workforce Report: Part I
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Examines ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in enhanced attrition of the Pennsylvania oral health workforce. Features statistics on Pennsylvania dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists, including number of Expanded Function Dental Assistants (EFDAs) in rural and urban Pennsylvania in 2019 and 2021, and county-level maps showing percentage change in licensed dental hygienists from 2015-2021, density of Public Health Dental Hygiene Practitioners (PHDHPs) and EFDAs in 2021, and Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Mentions rural throughout.
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Helen Hawkey, Kelly A. Braun, Lauren Wagner, et al.
Date
07/2022
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Document
Organization
Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health
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Access · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Oral health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania