Discuss HRSA: Dental workforce shortage projections

[Mr.Smile12]

As reported by Becker's summarizing HRSA:

US now needs more than 10,000 dental practitioners to fill shortages: HRSA

"Learn about the current shortage of dental practitioners in the U.S. and the updated data from HRSA, listing the number of shortage areas in each state."

www.beckersdental.com

The U.S. is now in need of 10,046 dental practitioners to fill shortage areas across the U.S., according to new data from the Health Resources & Services Administration.

The HRSA updated its Health Workforce Shortage Areas dashboard Sept. 10., listing the number of dental professional shortage areas in each state.

In August, the dashboard showed that the U.S. needed 9,938 dental professionals. Since then, seven states have seen an increase in the number of shortage areas: Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia. Virginia saw the largest increase, from 128 shortage areas in August to 138 in September.

Overall, the U.S. has 6,882 shortage areas total.

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[deleted923283]

Increase reimbursements and watch dentist leave overstaffed regions.

Also, wtf is a dental practitioner?

 

[reapply2007]

HRSA payments seem to be largely a waste of money. I am pretty sure most graduates will go to where a job exists. Close to zero will start a practice directly out of school/residency. Shortage areas likely exist for a reason. Could be financial, could be lifestyle, could be cultural. Answering these problems would likely also solve a lot of other problems these areas have.