The effects of dental hygienist autonomy on dental care utilization.
autonomy
dental care
dental hygienist
occupational licensing
scope of practice
utilization
Journal
Health economics
ISSN: 1099-1050
Titre abrégé: Health Econ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306780
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Mar 2024
27 Mar 2024
Historique:
revised:
07
03
2024
received:
17
10
2022
accepted:
09
03
2024
medline:
27
3
2024
pubmed:
27
3
2024
entrez:
27
3
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
We investigate the effects of regulations governing the practice autonomy of dental hygienists on dental care use with the 2001-2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. We measure the strength of autonomy regulations by extending the Dental Hygiene Professional Practice Index to the years 2001-2014, allowing us to capture changes in regulations within states over time. Using a difference-in-differences framework applied to selected states, we find that relaxing supervision requirements to provide dental hygienists moderate autonomy results in an increase in total dental visits due to greater use of preventive dental care. However, the use of dental treatment decreases when states adopt the highest level of autonomy. Both sets of estimates increase in magnitude when we subset the sample to dental care provider shortage areas. In support of these findings, we show that dental visits shift to dental hygienists in shortage areas when states expand the scope of practice of hygienists, and that there is an increase in tasks performed by hygienists, such as cleanings and dental exams.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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