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Work loss among practicing dentists.

T P Wall, W A Ayer

    Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
    |January 1, 1984
    PubMed
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    Dentists lost an average of 29 days in 1981, primarily for vacation and professional meetings. Time off increased with age, and general practitioners took more vacation but less professional meeting time than specialists.

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    Area of Science:

    • Dental Practice Management
    • Occupational Health
    • Healthcare Workforce Studies

    Background:

    • Understanding time lost from dental practice is crucial for workforce planning and operational efficiency.
    • Previous data on dentist time off, particularly concerning age and practice type, is limited.
    • Assessing reasons for absence provides insights into work-life balance and professional development needs within dentistry.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To quantify the average time lost by clinical dental practitioners and identify the primary reasons for absence.
    • To analyze how time lost varies based on dentist age, specialty (general practitioner vs. specialist), and perceived practice busyness.
    • To compare time lost among dentists to that of the general working population.

    Main Methods:

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  • Data collected from 850 clinical dental practitioners regarding time lost in 1981.
  • Categorization of time lost into illness, vacation, professional meetings, and other reasons.
  • Statistical analysis to explore relationships between time off, dentist demographics (age, specialty), and practice busyness.

    • Main Results:

    • Dentists lost an average of 29 days in 1981: 2 for illness, 17 for vacation, 5 for professional meetings, and approximately 5 for other reasons.
    • Time off for illness, vacation, and professional meetings showed a positive correlation with dentist age.
    • General practitioners took more vacation days but fewer professional meeting days than specialists; younger/middle-aged general practitioners reported more illness-related time off than specialists.
    • Total days off correlated positively with perceived busyness, with vacation and professional meeting days being most sensitive to increased busyness.

    Conclusions:

    • Dentist absence patterns are influenced by age, specialty, and practice workload.
    • While dentists take significant time for vacation and professional development, illness-related absence is relatively low compared to the general workforce.
    • Perceived practice busyness significantly impacts time off, particularly for vacation and professional meetings, highlighting potential areas for workload management.