The global distribution of oral and maxillofacial surgeons: a mixed-methods study.

Autor: Ma CY; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Beck NA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Hockaday MZ; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Niedziela CJ; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Ritchie CA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA., Harris JA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA., Roudnitsky E; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rutgers University School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey, USA., Guntaka PKR; Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, USA., Yeh SY; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Middleton J; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Norrlinger JY; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Alvarez GA; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Danquah SA; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Yang S; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Deoglas DK; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Afshar S; Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: salim.afshar@childrens.harvard.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery [Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg] 2024 Jul; Vol. 53 (7), pp. 619-625. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2023.09.002
Abstrakt: Despite its role in treating the most dominant non-communicable diseases worldwide, the global workforce of oral and maxillofacial (OM) surgeons is not well-characterized. To address the current deficit in understanding of the global OM surgeon workforce and to elevate oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) in the global health discourse, we join other surgical specialties in evaluating global surgical capacity with a descriptive analysis of the distribution of OM surgeons worldwide. A mixed-methods study was implemented using a combination of literature review, in-country contacts, internet searches, and survey data. The survey was distributed globally from January to June 2022. Data regarding OM surgeon workforce estimates were obtained for 104 of 195 United Nations-recognized countries (53.3%). Among countries with available estimates, the median global workforce density was 0.518 OM surgeons per 100,000 population. Twenty-eight countries (26.9%) were reported to have two or fewer OM surgeons. The median OM surgeon workforce density for low-income countries was 0.015 surgeons per 100,000 population, compared to 1.087 surgeons per 100,000 population in high-income countries. low and middle-income countries countries have the least workforce density as well as the least data coverage. More work is needed to better understand the capacity of the global OM surgeon workforce and access to OMS care.
(Copyright © 2023 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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