The impact of additional dental providers in the dental labor market on the income of private practice dentists.
This study estimates the impact that the entrance of hypothetical allied dental professionals into the dental labor market may have on the earnings of currently practicing private practice dentists. A simulation model that uses the most reliable available data was constructed and finds that the introduction of hypothetical allied dental professionals into the competitive California dental labor market is likely to have relatively small effects on the earnings of the average dentist in California.
Berkeley Center for Health Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., USA.
Timothy T
TT
Brown
Juliette S
JS
Hong
D002140:California; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003797:Dental Staff / Q000191:economics; D003815:Dentists / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000191:economics; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics*; D005250:Fees, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D018803:Models, Economic; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics*; D015895:Relative Value Scales