Designing dental manpower index to evaluate dental manpower resources.

Author: Gang LI ¹ ; Zong-zan NI
Author Information

1. Dept. of Health Statistics, West China Public Health School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Dental Assistants; statistics & numerical data; Dental Hygienists; statistics & numerical data; Dentistry; manpower; Dentists; statistics & numerical data; Humans
From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2004;22(3):255-258
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this investigation is to find out a method to evaluate dental manpower resources.
METHODSWe selected population, GDP, number of dentist and number of different oral health professionals from certain internet stations, published books and journals from 1996 to 2000 as our investigating data.
RESULTSData was collected from 100 countries. Our investigation found that the design of dental manpower index to evaluate dental manpower resources was effective and convenient.
CONCLUSIONDental manpower index is a good method to evaluate dental manpower resources.