کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3139119 1585015 2012 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Primary care providers and practice locations : Examining the relationships
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی دندانپزشکی، جراحی دهان و پزشکی
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Primary care providers and practice locations : Examining the relationships
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundThe authors conducted a study in which they explored the geographical distributions of primary care dentists, physicians and pharmacists to determine if a spatial pattern existed between provider types across cities in Iowa.MethodsThe authors analyzed practice locations of primary care providers, including dentists, pharmacists and physicians, at the city and county levels in Iowa for 2000 and 2010. They categorized cities on the basis of types of primary care providers in each city and compared population characteristics.ResultsAmong cities with primary care providers of any type, the most common scenario was for all three provider types to be found together. Several cities that had at least one physician and pharmacist but no dentist in 2000 gained one by 2010.ConclusionsThere appears to be a heterarchy of primary care providers in Iowa cities, with pharmacists more prevalent than physicians and dentists.Clinical ImplicationsCommunities with at least one physician and pharmacist but no dentist may be able to offer new or relocating dentists a competitive opportunity for practice.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of the American Dental Association - Volume 143, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages e8–e15
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