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    Indiana Dental Hygienist 2010 Re-Licensure Survey Report
    (2011-07) Kochhar, Komal; Lewis, Cindy; Richard, Amy E.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The 2010 Indiana Dental Hygienist Re-licensure Survey was administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. This report summarizes the responses to that survey.
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    Indiana Dentist 2010 Re-Licensure Survey Report
    (2011-07) Kochhar, Komal; Lewis, Cindy; Richard, Amy E.; Brandt, Amy J.; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The 2010 Indiana Dentist Re-licensure Survey was administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency under a contract with the Indiana State Department of Health. This report summarizes the responses to that survey.
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    Indiana Dental Hygienist 2012 Licensure Survey Report
    (2013-03) Sheff, Zachary T.; Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The response rate for the survey was 47.6 percent. This response rate is notably lower than other health care re ‐ license surveys and the previous (2010) dental hygienist licensure survey. In the 2011 ‐ 2012 dental hygienist licensure period there were 4,583 total dental hygienists currently licensed in Indiana. Of the 4,583 total licenses, 4,078 listed an Indiana address on their license. There were 1,635 dental hygienists included in the sample for analysis. Individuals included for analysis were actively working in dental hygiene, responded to the electronic survey, and gave an Indiana practice address on their survey. Therefore, the sample analyzed in this report represents 35.7 percent of the total number of dental hygienist licenses in Indiana. When the mean age and length of licensure was compared between dental hygienists included in the sample and those who listed an Indiana address on their license but did not respond to the survey it was found that individuals in the sample were older (p < 0.001) and had been licensed for a longer period of time (p < 0.001).
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    Indiana Dentist 2012 Licensure Survey Report
    (2013-03) Sheff, Zachary T.; Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.
    The response rate for the survey was 80.7 percent. In the 2011 ‐ 2012 dentist licensure period there were 3,748 total dentists currently licensed in Indiana. Of the 3,748 total licenses, 3,242 listed an Indiana address on their license. There were 2,314 dentists included in the sample for analysis. Individuals included for analysis were actively working in dentistry, responded to the electronic survey, and gave an Indiana practice address on their survey. Therefore, the sample analyzed in this report represents 61.7 percent of the total number of dental hygienist licenses in Indiana. When the mean age and length of licensure was compared between dentists included in the sample and those who listed an Indiana address on their license but did not respond to the survey it was found that individuals in the sample were younger (p < 0.001) and had been licensed for a shorter period of time (p < 0.001).
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    Dental Workforce Report of Indiana University School of Dentistry Graduates and Other Practicing Dentists in Indiana
    (2014-05) Kochhar, Komal; Zollinger, Terrell W.; Saywell, Robert M. Jr; Buente, Bryce B.
    All dentists who renewed their Indiana licenses on - line in 2010 or 2012 were asked to complete a voluntary survey instrument that ha d a 95.4% response rate 1 in 2010 and 80.7% response rate 2 in 2012. The purpose of this study was to describe the dental workforce in Indiana with a focus on comparing graduates from the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD) to all other practicing ( n on - IUSD ) dentists in Indiana. Of primary interest is how well the graduates of IUSD are meeting the oral health needs of the population of the state, particularly in the rural and underserved areas. Using data from the Office of Alumni Relations at IUPUI, license numbers of IUSD alumni were matched to the license numbers of individuals in the 2010 or 2012 Indiana Dentist Licensure Survey datasets. Individuals whose license numbers matched with the alumni list were identified as “IUSD” graduates and those that did not match were identified as “non - IUSD” graduates. This report compares responses between 2,203 IUSD and 835 n on - IUSD graduates who renewed their licenses and completed the Indiana Dentist Licensure Surveys in 2010 or 2012, respectively. Lastly, most of the differences between groups were found to be statistically significant due to the large sample size of IUSD graduates compared to non - IUSD graduates. Thus, for the purposes of this report if the differences between groups were noted to be at least 10 percent they were considered remarkable and reported as such.
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    Integration of Oral Health with Primary Care in Health Centers: Profiles of Five Innovative Models
    (2015) Maxey, Hannah L.
    Health centers are leading the way in integrating oral health with primary care. Much can be learned by exploring the models that health centers have developed and adopted to achieve integration. This Monograph, supported by the DentaQuest Foundation and authored by Hannah L. Maxey, PhD, MPH, RDH, Assistant Professor and Director of Health Workforce Studies, Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, presents information on five health centers that have successfully integrated oral health with primary care. It has been developed for the purpose of organizing and presenting information on successful models which may be useful to health centers and other organizations considering the implementation of similar initiatives. Each health center’s model is summarized within the framework of the five domains of the Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice initiative (IOHPCP), and full information on each of the models, such as the role of all care team members, is found within the profile for each health center.
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    Data Report: 2014 Indiana Dentist Workforce
    (2015-05) Sheff, Zachary T.; Nowak, Callie L.; Maxey, Hannah L.
    The dentist workforce is the primary provider of oral health care to Indiana residents. In 2014, there were 3,982 dentists who held an active license in Indiana. These dentists were not surveyed during their re-licensure period, as has been done in the past, but were contacted by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA) via email in the fall of 2014 and asked to complete a brief survey. Despite follow-up reminders from IPLA and the Indiana Dentist Association (IDA) survey response was low (13.4%). The previous survey, which was administered during dentists’ 2012 re-licensure period, had a response rate of 80.7 percent. Of the 3,982 actively licensed dentists who were offered the survey, there were 532 respondents. Only 424 dentists were included in this analysis after filtering respondents to include only those who were actively licensed, practicing in Indiana, and currently practicing as dentists. Because of the small proportion of the actively licensed dentist workforce in Indiana that is represented in this analysis, it is unclear whether this sample is representative of the overall workforce. Comparing 2014 survey data with 2012 survey data indicated similar patterns in dental specialty and hours worked per week. However, slightly more rural dentists responded to the 2014 survey than the 2012 survey. Comparisons between responders and non-responders to the 2014 survey indicate that those who completed the survey were older than those who did not. The collection of high quality health workforce data is dependent upon reaching a large proportion of the health workforce. The low response rate to this survey suggests that this methodology is not optimal for collecting data on Indiana’s health professional workforces. Survey response fell by 67.3 percent compared to the 2012 dentist re-licensure survey. Embedding the survey instrument in the health professional re-licensure process has consistently yielded high (>80%) response rates across all health professions and should be considered as the primary method of survey administration for future data collection.
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    Policy Report: 2014 Indiana Dentist Workforce
    (2015-06) Maxey, Hannah L.; Randolph, Courtney R.
    Information on the oral health workforce is critical to understanding oral health system capacity and informing policy. Unfortunately, the response rate to the emailed version of the survey was extremely low (13.4%) as compared to previous years. It is unclear whether these respondents are representative of Indiana’s dentist workforce; however, these data, representing the most current information available on a sample of this workforce, are presented in this report.
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    2016 Dentist Licensure Survey
    (2016) Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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    Data Report: 2016 Indiana Oral Health Licensure Survey
    (2016-10) Vaughn, Sierra., Gano, Laura., Maxey, Hannah
    Identifying supply and distribution of the professional oral health workforce is crucial in understanding the capacity to meet oral health needs and improve overall population health of Indiana citizens. Data presented in this report provide a snapshot of key demographic and practice characteristics for the oral health workforce. The 2016 Indiana Oral Health Licensure Survey Data Report presents key information derived from data collected from the dentist and dental hygienist re-licensure survey administered by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA) during the license renewal period. In 2016 3,862 dentists and 4,946 dental hygienists renewed their professional licenses. Of these, 2,259 dentists and 3,231 dental hygienists reported having an Indiana practice address and were included in this report. Marion County encompasses the largest reported oral health workforce full-time equivalents (FTEs): 229.3 FTE for dentists and 309.8 FTE for dental hygienists. Based on the samples in this report, the greatest need for oral health professionals is in rural, less populous counties; 12 counties (Brown, Crawford, Martin, Newton, Ohio, Pike, Randolph, Pulaski, Switzerland, Starke, Union, Warren) reported 1.0 FTE or less for dentists in general practice or dental hygienists. A great need exists for pediatric dentistry since 81 counties had 0.0 FTE for pediatric dentists. Access to oral health care services is compounded by the low proportion of dentists who accept Medicaid (49.0%) and the fact that over three-quarters (79.6%) do not offer a sliding-fee scale. This report details important demographic and practice characteristics for the oral health workforce and examines these data specifically for dentists and dental hygienists. The 2016 Indiana Oral Health Licensure Survey Data Report presents a snapshot of data on the dentist and dental hygienist professions to provide stakeholders with information needed to improve the quality and accessibility of oral health care for Indiana residents through policymaking, workforce development, and resource allocation.