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General dentists staffing requirement based on workload in the public dental health centers in Turkey

dc.contributor.authorÖzkan, Şirin
dc.contributor.authorYıldırım, Türkan
dc.contributor.buuauthorÖZKAN, ŞİRİN
dc.contributor.departmentBursa Uludağ Üniversitesi/Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksek Okulu/Tıbbi Hizmetler ve Teknikler Bölümü.
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-9153-6481
dc.contributor.researcheridA-6249-2018
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-11T06:56:33Z
dc.date.available2024-09-11T06:56:33Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-12
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Turkish healthcare system struggle with absolute shortages and imbalanced distribution of healthcare personnel. The present study aimed to measure the gap between the actual number of dentists and the ideal dentist staffing complement and evaluate the distribution of dentists among six public oral and dental health centers.Methods: The workload indicators of staffing need method, developed by the World Health Organization, was used to determine the staffing requirement in these centers. Face-to-face interviews were held with 109 dentists agreeing to participate in the study.Results: The results revealed the total number of actively serving dentists to be 145, the staffing requirement to be 154, and the workload to be 0.94. The actual number of dentists, therefore, needs to be increased by 6%. The most significant activities generating the workload among dentists and increasing staffing requirement were permanent tooth extraction, two-sided amalgam bonding, and fixed dental prosthesis. The number of dentists required for preventive oral health services was found to be only 4.98.Conclusion: It was found high dental workload and imbalanced distribution of the participating dentists. Workload-based human resources planning may increase efficiency, effectiveness, and equality in healthcare services.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/20479700.2021.2024670
dc.identifier.endpage286
dc.identifier.issn2047-9700
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage277
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2021.2024670
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20479700.2021.2024670
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/44539
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.identifier.wos000742239300001
dc.indexed.wosWOS.ESCI
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Healthcare Management
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectHuman-resources
dc.subjectCare
dc.subjectIndicators
dc.subjectWorkforce
dc.subjectNeed
dc.subjectHealthcare workforce
dc.subjectPlanning
dc.subjectDentist
dc.subjectStaffing
dc.subjectWorkload indicators of staffing need
dc.subjectHealth care sciences & services
dc.titleGeneral dentists staffing requirement based on workload in the public dental health centers in Turkey
dc.typeArticle
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