A closer look at disparities in earnings between white and minoritized dentists.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the factors that account for differences in dentist earnings between White and minoritized dentists.

Data sources

We used data from the American Dental Association's Survey of dental practice, which includes information on 2001-2018 dentist net income, practice ZIP code, patient mix between private and public insurance, and dentist gender, age, and year of dental school graduation. We merged the data on dentist race and ethnicity and school of graduation from the American Dental Association masterfile. Based on practice ZIP code, we also merged the data on local area racial and ethnic composition from the American Community Survey.

Study design

We used a linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to assess observable characteristics that explain the gap

SUBMITTER: Nasseh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10154170 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature