Dental management service organizations: lessons from medicine

Article Abstract:

The advent and evolution of physician practice management firms indicate that a similar model may not reduce the cost or improve the delivery of dental care. Practice management firms own and operate medical and dental practices. Management firms in medicine command high fees from participating physicians, and they have performed very poorly on the stock market. Most dental care is provided by generalist dentists, and there are fewer cost pressures in dentistry than in medicine. Payment of high fees to management firms may not improve the efficiencies of dental practice.

Management, Evaluation, Managed care plans (Medical care), Dental offices

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Quality of life as an indicator of oral health in older people

Article Abstract:

Oral health can affect the quality of life of elderly patients, although it is difficult to measure it in a clinically relevant and useful way. Questionnaires and structured interviews must be carefully designed to reveal information on older people's quality of life and how it can indicate their oral health. A new model of oral health based on the quality of life measurement methods is presented.

Health aspects, Models, Measurement, Influence, Quality of life, Oral health, Clinical report

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Older patients not likely to discuss complementary and alternative medicine with physicians

Article Abstract:

The details of a survey conducted by American Association of Retired Persons and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine on the communication gap between older people and their physicians are presented. Older people tend to disclose information about the use of complementary medicine from doctors.

Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Surveys, Alternative medicine

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