A Spatial Assessment of Dentist Supply in Ontario, Canada

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ID8423970
AutoresStephen Meyer (0000-0001-9768-0353, Laurentian University, autor correspondente), STEPHEN P MEYER
Ano2014
Volume58
Fascículo4
Páginas481-498
Data de publicação2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCanadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-3658 • E-ISSN: 1541-0064
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/cag.12103
OpenAlexW1563183271
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas30

The geographic patterns of dentists have seldom been studied beyond very broad assessment. This article demonstrates, with location quotient and hot‐spot analyses, the unevenness of general dentist and dental specialist resources throughout the Canadian province of Ontario and the presence of “dental clusters” within the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, and Windsor. While many municipalities in the province have no or relatively few dental offices, municipalities that are comparatively rich in both general and specialized dentists are rare and tend to be part of larger urban environments (typically census metropolitan areas), characterized by higher growth rates, higher median incomes, and lower median ages. Dentist office hot‐spots within metropolitan areas occur in or near the downtown and in more peripheral/suburban locales. “High sales” dentist offices in suburban hot‐spots appear to benefit from prosperous locations and supply deficits nearby, whereas inner‐city “dentist districts” may form in part because of localization economies. Understanding where relative dentist under‐supply occurs within a jurisdiction and why other locations are dentist‐rich is important from a policy perspective so that geographic inequities, and associated spatial accessibility issues, can be more comprehensively appraised

Archaeology · Census · Downtown · Environmental health · Geography · Jurisdiction · Metropolitan area · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Windsor · Global Health Workforce Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine