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Dental health and the application of geographical methodology
Author(s) -
Taylor P. J.,
Carmichael C. L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1980.tb01270.x
Subject(s) - dental health , medicine , health services , distribution (mathematics) , service (business) , health authority , key (lock) , dentistry , environmental health , nursing , marketing , business , population , mathematical analysis , mathematics , ecology , biology
Abstract Reorganisation of dental services in Britain gives new opportunities for planning. Geographical methodology provides new techniques. An elementary spatial analysis of variations in dental health in Newcastle Area Health Authority (Teaching) shows that dental health varies with availability and access to treatment facilities. Opposite types of geographical distribution of community (School) and general dental services are illustrated showing location biases for each type of service. The evaluation of the spatial distribution of dental services is shown to be basic to planning and a key to improved dental health.