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Scope of practice laws & health outcomes, dental edition
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:30 am
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:30 am
Just wanted to share.
Some decent-looking evidence that top-level healthcare providers in this industry have too much control over who is "qualified" to do what and under which conditions.
Index based on this paper, which means the index itself might need some closer examination before drawing firm conclusions. I haven't read the paper though, I have only gone to the tables so far.
Some decent-looking evidence that top-level healthcare providers in this industry have too much control over who is "qualified" to do what and under which conditions.
Index based on this paper, which means the index itself might need some closer examination before drawing firm conclusions. I haven't read the paper though, I have only gone to the tables so far.
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Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:40 am to 90proofprofessional
Interesting. I think the top right quadrant of the graph speaks more to the poverty level in those states rather than the restrictiveness of dental hygienist certification, though I'm sure that does have an impact.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 9:52 am to The Spleen
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I think the top right quadrant of the graph speaks more to the poverty level in those states rather than the restrictiveness of dental hygienist certification
No doubt. I'm also thinking about the interaction between the issue you bring up and the one measured in the chart as well.
By that I mean that these poor folks who can't afford a top-level practitioner, might be able to afford a mid-level one. Certainly this will be the case at least some of the time.
And in many of those states where poverty is most likely an impediment, services from those mid-level (cheaper) providers isn't legal.
To some extent, it seems that this results in a greater number of toothless people.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 10:24 am to 90proofprofessional
The figures for DH per 100,000 does not give good data. Take Florida where we have so many retires and a very large percentage have dentures. This information and data are skewed. This is a ploy by DH to start private practice with claims that they can deliver their much cheaper than a dental office setting. When they have to lease office space buy and maintain equipment, hire a receptionist, pay utilities it will cost as much or more since they will have to dentist for his diagnosis and treatment plan. Out of all the DH I employed of my 34 years in practice only one could sharpen her instruments so they were always listing new instruments on the order sheet and these are not cheap. Good luck!
Posted on 6/13/14 at 11:22 am to RustyTiger
A wild dentist appears!
Posted on 6/13/14 at 12:12 pm to RustyTiger
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The figures for DH per 100,000 does not give good data. Take Florida where we have so many retires and a very large percentage have dentures. This information and data are skewed.
Why is this factor very relevant, compared to the restrictions placed upon them? Can't the number of DH's adjust to the demand placed for the service they do, or is the number of them arbitrarily controlled?
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When they have to lease office space buy and maintain equipment, hire a receptionist, pay utilities it will cost as much or more
If correct, that's their problem. Is this the only reason they shouldn't be allowed to try?
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since they will have to dentist for his diagnosis and treatment plan
For everything a hygienist does?
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Out of all the DH I employed of my 34 years in practice only one could sharpen her instruments so they were always listing new instruments on the order sheet
Are you saying that this is representative of the typical quality of recently-trained DH's today? I've known several, and the suggestion that the level of proficiency you describe seems very hard to believe as the norm.
Posted on 6/13/14 at 12:18 pm to 90proofprofessional
Actually, I think if you did an overlay of top states that drink Mnt. Dew - you will see the cause.
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