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The dentist workforce in Kuwait to the year 2020.
K F Al-Jarallah1, M A A Moussa, Y Al-Duwairi
1Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, Safat.
Community Dental Health
|November 5, 2010
Summary
Kuwait
Area of Science:
- Healthcare workforce planning
- Dental public health
- Health economics
Background:
- The demand for dental services in Kuwait is influenced by population growth, economic factors, and evolving healthcare strategies.
- Understanding the supply and demand dynamics of dentists is crucial for effective healthcare planning.
Purpose of the Study:
- To project the future demand for dentists in Kuwait from 2007 to 2020.
- To analyze the supply of native versus expatriate dentists in Kuwait.
Main Methods:
- Population projections were calculated using the average annual natural increase rate from 1994-2006.
- Dentist demand was projected using average dentist-to-population ratios from 1994-2006.
Main Results:
- Expatriate dentists grew at a significantly higher rate (31.9%) than native Kuwaiti dentists (5.58%) between 1994-2006.
- Native dentists comprised 44.4% of the workforce in 2006, potentially impacting care quality due to sociocultural barriers.
- The projected gap between needed dentists and native dentists is expected to decrease from 54.41% in 2007 to 24.67% by 2020.
Conclusions:
- The supply of native dentists is projected to remain insufficient to meet demand until 2020.
- Increasing the recruitment and retention of Kuwaiti national dentists and students is recommended to address the shortfall.