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Venkatesh Bhardwaj's avatar

True

1. There appears to be a higher number of people delaying care because of rising costs and lower relative wages (i would assume)

2. Even in the capital cities of Australia there appears to be a reluctance amongst practitioners to work on the fringes/city limits let alone in rural areas. Would love to see some data about this however as I am merely speculating and commenting on personal observation.

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Matt Hopcraft's avatar

I've charted the socioeconomic gradient here that shows more dentists per 100,000 in areas of greater advantage.

https://matthopcraft.substack.com/p/do-we-have-too-many-dentists-it-depends

I do have some geographic maps that I need to update that also show the same.

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