2.3 Service-targets method
This is an alternative method that determines targets for the production and utilization of various types of health care and the health care provider (WHO 2010). Advantages of these methods are the easy division of health care; easiness to predict the cost; and the active approach to improve health services. The major obstacles are generic to any model that allows the planner to start from the estimation of the past experience. The planner can make false judgment about the expand ability of the sector to be more productive at the desired rate, while the government also has lacks control over the service delivery system in limited utility (Hall & Mejia, 1978).
2.4 Dentist opinion surveys
A questionnaire survey of the dentists in a state is given to describe the form and size of their practice and whether in their opinion there is dental workforce shortage in their practice surrounding area or question about how many patients that can be handled in a practice. The answer of those questions can be used to identify the dental workforce shortage in an area. This method is easy to undertake and information obtained are easy to understand and does not need complicated calculation (DeFreise & Barker …show more content…
Estimation in the proportionate increase in demand can be compared with proportionate increase in supply of dental service. This variables combined with various production-function equation can create estimation of an age-specific estimate of the weekly dental visits to all dentist. If this approach is used, it is important to obtain information about practicing dentist and total workforce productivity can be estimated in units of patient’s visits per year. Eventually, all this information is useful to estimate requirement for dental workforce (DeFriese & Barker
This is an alternative method that determines targets for the production and utilization of various types of health care and the health care provider (WHO 2010). Advantages of these methods are the easy division of health care; easiness to predict the cost; and the active approach to improve health services. The major obstacles are generic to any model that allows the planner to start from the estimation of the past experience. The planner can make false judgment about the expand ability of the sector to be more productive at the desired rate, while the government also has lacks control over the service delivery system in limited utility (Hall & Mejia, 1978).
2.4 Dentist opinion surveys
A questionnaire survey of the dentists in a state is given to describe the form and size of their practice and whether in their opinion there is dental workforce shortage in their practice surrounding area or question about how many patients that can be handled in a practice. The answer of those questions can be used to identify the dental workforce shortage in an area. This method is easy to undertake and information obtained are easy to understand and does not need complicated calculation (DeFreise & Barker …show more content…
Estimation in the proportionate increase in demand can be compared with proportionate increase in supply of dental service. This variables combined with various production-function equation can create estimation of an age-specific estimate of the weekly dental visits to all dentist. If this approach is used, it is important to obtain information about practicing dentist and total workforce productivity can be estimated in units of patient’s visits per year. Eventually, all this information is useful to estimate requirement for dental workforce (DeFriese & Barker