Workforce planning and distribution for universal oral health coverage: An Indian perspective
On the global picture India is a fast growing nation with an equally growing population. The dental workforce has grown in the absence of any specific design or policy planning, resulting in an oversupply of dentists in urban areas. The inverse ratio of dentist to population is a major setback espec...
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doaj-66e0658e7f9041b488bf53076dcbccb92020-11-25T00:14:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Dental Research and Review2348-29152348-31722017-01-0143727310.4103/jdrr.jdrr_56_17Workforce planning and distribution for universal oral health coverage: An Indian perspectiveVini MehtaOn the global picture India is a fast growing nation with an equally growing population. The dental workforce has grown in the absence of any specific design or policy planning, resulting in an oversupply of dentists in urban areas. The inverse ratio of dentist to population is a major setback especially in the rural areas. Proper distribution of available manpower is the need of the hour. The challenges are many, but they can be overcome with strong consensus and implementation through upstream approaches.http://www.jdrr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2915;year=2017;volume=4;issue=3;spage=72;epage=73;aulast=MehtaDental workforcemanpower planningoral health coverage |
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Workforce planning and distribution for universal oral health coverage: An Indian perspective |
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Workforce planning and distribution for universal oral health coverage: An Indian perspective |
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Workforce planning and distribution for universal oral health coverage: An Indian perspective |
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workforce planning and distribution for universal oral health coverage: an indian perspective |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Dental Research and Review |
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On the global picture India is a fast growing nation with an equally growing population. The dental workforce has grown in the absence of any specific design or policy planning, resulting in an oversupply of dentists in urban areas. The inverse ratio of dentist to population is a major setback especially in the rural areas. Proper distribution of available manpower is the need of the hour. The challenges are many, but they can be overcome with strong consensus and implementation through upstream approaches. |
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Dental workforce manpower planning oral health coverage |
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