TY  - JOUR
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Assessing the spatial distribution of oral morbidity-related demand and the workforce-related supply is relevant for planning dental services. We aimed to establish and validate a model for estimating the spatially specific demand and supply. This model was then applied to compare demand-supply ratios in 2001 and 2011 in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Northern Germany). METHODS: The spatial units were zip code areas. Demand per area was estimated by linking population-specific oral morbidities to working times via insurance claim data. Estimated demand was validated against the provided demand in 2001 and 2011. Supply was calculated for both years using cohort data from the dentist register. The ratio of demand and supply was geographically mapped and its distribution between areas assessed using the Gini coefficient. RESULTS: Between 2001 and 2011, a significant decrease of the general population (-7.0 percent), the annual demand (-13.1 percent), and the annual supply (-12.9 percent) was recorded. The estimated demands were nearly (2001: -4 percent) and completely (2011: +/-0 percent) congruent with provided demands. The average demand-supply-ratio did not change significantly between 2001 and 2011 (P > 0.05), but was increasingly unequally distributed. In both years, few areas were over-serviced, while many were under-serviced. CONCLUSIONS: The established model can be used to estimate spatially specific demand and supply.
AD  - Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
AN  - 26959942
AU  - Schwendicke, Falk
AU  - Jäger, Ralf
AU  - Hoffmann, Wolfgang
AU  - Jordan, Rainer A.
AU  - van den Berg, Neeltje
DA  - Sep
DO  - 10.1111/jphd.12142
IS  - 4
KW  - Dental care
Health services accessibility
Health services needs and demand
L1  - internal-pdf://3593559757/Schwendicke-2016-Estimating spatially specific.pdf
N1  - Schwendicke, Falk
Jager, Ralf
Hoffmann, Wolfgang
Jordan, Rainer A
van den Berg, Neeltje
eng
2016/03/10 06:00
J Public Health Dent. 2016 Sep;76(4):269-275. doi: 10.1111/jphd.12142. Epub 2016 Mar 9.
PY  - 2016
SN  - 1752-7325 (Electronic)
0022-4006 (Linking)
SP  - 269-275
ST  - Estimating spatially specific demand and supply of dental services: a longitudinal comparison in Northern Germany
T2  - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
TI  - Estimating spatially specific demand and supply of dental services: a longitudinal comparison in Northern Germany
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26959942
VL  - 76
ID  - 3786
ER  -