Dental workforce availability and dental services utilization in Appalachia: a geospatial analysis

ConclusionsDental workforce availability was associated with dental services utilization in the Appalachian region; however, this association was not statistically significant in all counties. The findings suggest that program and policy efforts to improve dental services utilization need to focus on factors other than increasing the dental workforce availability for many counties in Appalachia.
Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research