A survey of dental hygienist numbers in Canada, the European Economic area, Japan and the United States of America in 1998
A survey of dental hygienist numbers in Canada, the European Economic area, Japan and the United States of America in 1998
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DOI：
10.1038/sj.bdj.4810736
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发表时间：
2003-11-22
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2.6
通讯作者：
Widström, E
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作者：
Eaton, KA;Newman, HN;Widström, E
目的了解加拿大、日本、美国和欧洲经济区（EEA）18个成员国中有多少牙科医师获得执业许可，并与相关国家的人口和牙科医师执业人数进行比较。1998年欧洲经济区成员国的牙科医师和就业牙科医师的数量来自欧洲首席牙科医师理事会在2000/2001年进行的调查。1998年加拿大、日本和美国这些变量的数据来自已发表的报告。人口比例：积极的牙医;人口：牙科医生;积极的牙医：结果1998年欧洲经济区18个成员国和加拿大+日本+美国的总人口和在职牙医总数大致相似（欧洲经济区总人口3.81亿，在职牙医245，169人;加拿大/日本/美国总人口4.21亿，在职牙医253，825人）。然而，欧洲经济区只有13，295名牙科医生，而加拿大，日本和美国的牙科医生总数为215，435人。在人口方面：牙科医生和在职牙医：牙科医师比率英国被发现有比例远远低于加拿大，日本，美国或四个北欧成员的欧洲经济区。结论调查显示，相对于总人口和牙科医师人数，有远远少于牙科医师在欧洲经济区比加拿大，日本和美国，英国从其他欧洲经济区成员国进口牙科医生的范围可能非常有限。
Objective The aims of this study were to establish how many dental hygienists were licensed to practice in Canada, Japan, USA and the 18 member states of the European Economic Area (EEA) and to compare these with the populations and numbers of dentists practising in the countries concerned.Method Data for the overall populations, numbers of 'active' dentists, of dental hygienists and of employed dental hygienists in the member states of the EEA in 1998 were taken from the responses to a Council of European Chief Dental Officers survey carried out in 2000/2001. Data for these variables for Canada, Japan and the USA in 1998 were accessed from published reports. The ratios of population: active dentist; population: dental hygienist; and active dentist: dental hygienist were calculated and compared.Results The overall populations and total number of active dentists in the 18 EEA member states and Canada plus Japan plus the USA were broadly similar in 1998 ( EEA overall population 381 million with 245,169 active dentists: Canada/Japan/USA overall population 421 million with 253,825 active dentists). However, there were only 13,295 dental hygienists in the EEA as opposed to a total of 215,435 in Canada, Japan and the USA. In terms of population: dental hygienist and active dentist: dental hygienist ratios the UK was found to have proportionally far fewer dental hygienists than Canada, Japan, USA or the four Nordic members of the EEA.Conclusion The survey revealed that relative to overall populations and numbers of dentists, there are far fewer dental hygienists in the EEA than in Canada, Japan and the USA and that scope for the UK to import dental hygienists from other EEA member states is probably very limited.