沙特阿拉伯牙医劳动力的特征与分布：一项描述性横断面研究。

The characteristics and distribution of dentist workforce in Saudi Arabia: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

作者信息

AlBaker Abdulaziz A, Al-Ruthia Yazed Sulaiman H, AlShehri Mohammed, Alshuwairikh Samar

机构信息

Department of Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

出版信息

Saudi Pharm J. 2017 Dec;25(8):1208-1216. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2017.09.005. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

DOI:10.1016/j.jsps.2017.09.005

PMID:29204070

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5688227/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shown steady growth in the dental workforce over the last 20 years. Although the number of dental colleges has significantly increased in the last decade, there is not any study so far that described the status of the licensed dentist workforce in the kingdom. The present study aimed to explore the demographic distribution and professional characteristics of licensed dentist workforce in Saudi Arabia.

METHODS

This was a descriptive cross-sectional study using the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) database to identify the number of licensed dentists in Saudi Arabia as well as their professional and demographic characteristics as of December 2016. The data was categorized based on gender, nationality, dental specialty, health sector, geographic location, and professional rank.

RESULTS

The number of licensed dentists working in the kingdom as of December 2016 was 16887 dentists, and the vast majority of them are professionally registered as general dentists (70.27%). The percentage of general dentists among the professionally registered female dentists is significantly higher than their male counterparts (79.71% vs. 64.80%; < 0.001). Only 22.08% of the dentists working in the kingdom are Saudi. Most of the dentist workforce in the kingdom are male (61.06%). The mean age of the Saudi dentists is slightly but significantly younger than non-Saudi dentists (37.7 vs. 40.7 years; < 0.001). Over 80% of the Saudi dentists are working in the regions of Riyadh, Makkah, and Eastern province. About 66% of the Saudi dentists are working in the public health sector in comparison to only 20.46% of the non-Saudi dentists ( < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS

Most of the dental care in Saudi Arabia is provided by non-Saudi dentists in both private and public health sectors. With the rising unemployment rate among Saudi dentists, the governmental bodies that are responsible of dental labor market regulations such as the ministries of health, economy and planning, and labor should come up with a policy to gradually but carefully replace the non-Saudi dentists in both public and private sectors with Saudi dentists.

摘要

背景

在过去20年里，沙特阿拉伯王国的牙科劳动力稳步增长。尽管在过去十年中牙科学院的数量显著增加，但到目前为止，尚无任何研究描述该国持牌牙医劳动力的状况。本研究旨在探讨沙特阿拉伯持牌牙医劳动力的人口分布和专业特征。

方法

这是一项描述性横断面研究，使用沙特卫生专业委员会（SCFHS）数据库来确定截至2016年12月沙特阿拉伯持牌牙医的数量及其专业和人口特征。数据根据性别、国籍、牙科专业、卫生部门、地理位置和专业职称进行分类。

结果

截至2016年12月，在该国工作的持牌牙医有16887名，其中绝大多数专业注册为普通牙医（70.27%）。在专业注册的女性牙医中，普通牙医的比例显著高于男性同行（79.71%对64.80%；P<0.001）。在该国工作的牙医中，只有22.08%是沙特人。该国大多数牙医劳动力为男性（61.06%）。沙特牙医的平均年龄比非沙特牙医略小，但差异显著（37.7岁对40.7岁；P<0.001）。超过80%的沙特牙医在利雅得、麦加和东部省份工作。约66%的沙特牙医在公共卫生部门工作，而非沙特牙医这一比例仅为20.46%（P<0.001）。