Huang, Boyen (2000) An analysis of factors affecting dental manpower in Taiwan. Masters (Research) thesis, Chang Gung University.

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Abstract

In this research, all dentists in Taiwan were considered as the study population, and the 5-year study period was between 1995 and 1999. Meanwhile, the data obtained from the Department of Health and the Central Health Insurance Bureau was conducted to analysis in order to realize the relationship between the factors of dental manpower and the factors of socio-economic, population, market competition, and environment. Important findings include:

1. The difference in the amounts of dentists owned by per 100,000 population decreased as time went by and reached 6.7 times between the most highly concentrated area, Taipei City, and the sparsest one, Chia-Yi County, in 1999. Density of population, percentage of population with college degree, and per capita income, were positively associated with the amounts of dentists owned by per 100,000 population. Dentists concentrated more highly in Middle Taiwan than in Taipei region. Herfindahl - Hirschman Indexes showed significant influence on the trends of the amounts of dentists owned by per 100,000 population.

2. Herfindahl - Hirschman Indexes demonstrated positive association with dentists' moving-out rates. The rates were lower in South Taiwan than in Taipei region. Nevertheless, dentists' moving-out rates decreased after the application of global budget compared with the period prior to that.

3. Dentists' moving-in rates were positively associated with percentage ofpopulation older than 65 and growth rates of population, while they were negatively associated with percentage of population younger than 14. In addition, dentists' moving-in rates increased in 1996 compared with the ones in 1995. Surprisingly, Herfindahl - Hirschman Indexes had significant influence on the trends of dentists' moving-in rates, while regional bureaus showed significant difference among the trends of dentists' moving-in rates.

4. There were positive associations between growth rates of dentists and Herfindahl - Hirschman Indexes as well as growth rates of population. On the other hand, growth rates of dentists were negatively associated with per capita expenditure for health care service, density of population, and percentage of population younger than 14. Meanwhile, Herfindahl - Hirschman Indexes showed significant influence on the trends of growth rates of dentists.

Item ID:	34471
Item Type:	Thesis (Masters (Research))
Keywords:	dentists; manpower;global budget; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; dental
Additional Information:	Restricted access to this thesis is available from the link to the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan's website above.
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2014 06:51
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111709 Health Care Administration @ 80% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1105 Dentistry > 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified @ 20%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920402 Dental Health @ 100%
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