Access to dental care and the capacity of the California dental care system
Brown, T.T.; Pourat, N.; Glassman, P.; Chung, J.; Nicholson, G.; Hong, J.S.
Journal of the California Dental Association 40(3): 251-258
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1043-2256 PMID: 22655423 Document Number: 663127
The authors estimated the following levels of technical efficiency for three types of dental practices in California where technical efficiency is defined as the maximum output that can be produced from a given set of inputs: generalists (including pediatric dentists), 96.5 percent; specialists, 77.1 percent; community dental clinics, 83.6 percent. Combining this with information on access, it is estimated that the California dental care system in 2009-10 could serve approximately 74 percent of the population.