Requirement and supply projections for dentists Aim of the study. To prepare requirement and supply projections for dentists in Lithuania for the next decade. Objectives. 1) To evaluate the changes in number and distribution of dentists in Lithuania in 1993-2004; 2) To evaluate the drop out from undergraduate studies of students of the Faculty of Odontology of Kaunas University of Medicine; 3) To evaluate the retention in profession of dental graduates of Faculty of Odontology of Kaunas University of Medicine; 4) To determine the requirement for dentists until 2015; 5) To forecast supply of dentists for the next decade. Methods. While estimating the number and distribution of dentists in Lithuania the data of Lithuanian Health Information Centre were analyzed. While estimating the distribution of dentists by age and gender in Lithuania the data of Health Care and Pharmacy Professionals Licence Registry were analyzed. While estimating the drop out from undergraduate studies and retention in the profession, cohort analysis of the matriculates of Faculty of Odontology of Kaunas University of Medicine was carried out. The requirement for dentists was evaluated by carrying out the Delphi survey. Supply of dentists was projected using computer simulation model by J. Dewdney. Results. In 1993-2004 the number of dentists per 10 thousand population increased from 5.3 to 6.6 in Lithuania. There were 2272 dentists in Lithuania in 2004. Only one third of them were working in districts... [to full text]

Aim of the study. To estimate the requirement for public health (PH) specialists and to evaluate their withdrawal during the studies. Objectives. 1. To evaluate the changes in number and distribution of PH specialists in Lithuania in 1993-2002. 2. To evaluate the withdrawal of students of Faculty of PH of KUM during pre-diploma studies. 3. To evaluate the withdrawal of students of Faculty of PH of KUM during post-diploma studies. 4. To estimate the requirement for PH specialists until 2015. Methods. While estimating the number and distribution of PH specialists in Lithuania the data of LHIC were analyzed. While estimating the withdrawal of PH students during pre-diploma and post-diploma studies, cohort analysis of the matriculates of Faculty of PH of KUM was carried out. The requirement for PH specialists was evaluated by carrying out the Delphi survey. Results. In 1993-2002 the number of PH specialists per 10 thousand population decreased in Lithuania: mostly the number of PH specialists with non-university medical education. In 1994-2000 84.9 percent of 272 matriculates graduated from Faculty of PH of KUM. 2.5 percent of students graduated earlier than after 4 years, because they had moved from Faculty of Medicine to the third or the fourth course of PH studies. The number of students who left for other faculties was 2.9 percent. It was impossible to find out the outcome of studies of 1.5 percent of students. Totally, 10.7 percent of students have not graduated from the... [to full text]