Department of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Int Dent J. 2012 Dec;62(6):331-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2012.00132.x.
The status of the dental health care workforce in Shanghai was investigated in order to support and improve regional planning of this workforce.
Questionnaires were used to survey all dental medical units in Shanghai. Data were collected on the quantity, structure and levels of dental health personnel.
A total of 852 dental medical units and 3,218 dentists were identified in Shanghai. The ratio of dentists to population is 1 : 5,201.
Presently, the total dental health workforce in Shanghai is relatively sufficient, but its distribution is inequitable because there are fewer dental health personnel employed in the suburbs. Moreover, the structure of the dental health workforce in Shanghai is inequitable and specialists in preventive dentistry are lacking. The results of this study can be applied to help Shanghai achieve the rational distribution and efficient utilisation of the dental health workforce available.
调查上海市牙科医疗保健人员的现状,以支持和改善该地区劳动力资源规划。
采用问卷调查法对上海市所有牙科医疗机构进行调查。收集牙科卫生人员的数量、结构和水平等数据。
上海市共发现 852 个牙科医疗机构和 3218 名牙医。牙医与人口的比例为 1:5201。
目前,上海市的整体牙科卫生人员数量相对充足,但分布不均,郊区牙科卫生人员较少。此外,上海市牙科卫生人员结构也不均衡,缺乏预防牙科专家。本研究结果可用于帮助上海实现牙科卫生人力资源的合理配置和有效利用。