Table 3.

Patients and Practice Characteristics of Individuals in the RDH and RDHAP Workforce in California, 2005

	RDH	RDHAP
Patient characteristics (all patients across settings worked)	Averages
Patients per day	8.36	8.49
Percent of patients from underrepresented minority groups	22.2%	24.5%
Percent of patients by age group
0-1 years**	0.1%	0.6%
2-5 years	4.2%	5.0%
6-17 years	12.4%	12.3%
18-64 years	61.8%	61.2%
65+ years	21.3%	21.3%
Percent of patients medically compromised*	16.8%	25.8%
Percent of patients developmentally disabled**	2.9%	4.7%
Percent of patients mentally ill*	2.6%	5.6%
Percent of patients behavior management	1.5%	2.6%
	RDH	RDHAP
Practice characteristics (all practice activities inclusive of RDHAP and RDH)	Averages
Work in a private dental office*	97.5%	75.5%
Hours worked per week	34.55	31.77
Hourly wage	$45.28	$50.73
Distribution of hours worked weekly
Patient care	94.1%	77.3%
Administration	3.1%	7.4%
Public health	0.4%	6.3%
Teaching	1.4%	4.6%
Research	0.1%	0.0%
Other	0.8%	4.3%

Significant differences are noted at

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.1.