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| Title |
A State in Need Is Wyoming Indeed
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| Type of Resource |
still image
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| Date Created |
2008-04-23
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| Digital Origin |
born digital
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| Rights Statement |
http://digital.uwyo.edu/copyright.htm
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| Keyword (topic) |
TBD
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| Series Title |
Undergrauate Research Day 2008
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| Creator(s) |
Weaver, Cole
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| Genre |
Powerpoint/Pdf
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| Publisher |
University of Wyoming
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| Place of publication |
Laramie, Wyoming
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| Language |
eng
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| Summary |
The research to be addressed is the need for dental health practitioners in Wyoming. It is important to quantify this need and investigate the proportion of these practitioners that serve lower income patients by accepting government healthcare programs. These are patients covered under Medicare, Medicaid and Title 19. It has been observed that there are a large number of dental health practitioners that do not accept these patients. The dentists that do, do so only in a very small number Surveying general dentists throughout the state of Wyoming will make it possible to determine the number of dentists that are accepting or not accepting patients. An attempt will be made to determine the reasons for this, and how far ahead the patient schedule runs to quantify the shortage of coverage. The different forms of government healthcare accepted will also be addressed. The reasons why government healthcare is accepted, and in opposition, why the majority of dentists do not accept these forms of payment will also be determined. Programs such as WYDENT and WICHE have been instituted to combat the shortage in both areas. This project will examine the reasons these programs exist and justify the decision to utilize them.
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| Notes |
From - Undergraduate Research Day 2008 - Celebration of Research - Abstracts
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