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. 2021 Mar 11:18:E21.
doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200488.

Visualizing County-Level Data to Target Dental Safety-Net Programs for Children

Erin K Hamilton  1 , Jorge Bernal  2 , Mei Lin  3 , Gina Thornton-Evans  3 , Susan O Griffin  3
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Visualizing County-Level Data to Target Dental Safety-Net Programs for Children

Erin K Hamilton et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .
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Current dental safety-net programs and areas of need for children aged 6 to 9 years. A, In Georgia, by county. Inset indicates the metropolitan Atlanta area. B, Metropolitan Atlanta area, by census tract. Maps were created by a data visualization tool that can be used to evaluate allocation of dental safety-net programs across the state and to inform decision makers on future resource needs and allocation. Dshort represents the severity of a dental workforce shortage and is quantified as the number of full-time equivalent dental practitioners required to make the area a nonshortage area. Data sources: Lin et al (7), Health Resources and Services Administration (8), Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Oral Health Program (9), Georgia Primary Care Association (10), and Georgia Oral Health Coalition (11). Abbreviations: Dshort, shortage of dental practitioners; FQHC, federally qualified health center; UTD, untreated tooth decay.
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