The influence of economic incentives on treatment patterns in a third-party funded dental service

Community Dental Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Woods, N ^a   Considine, J ^a   Lucey, S ^a   Whelton, H ^a   Nyhan, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

3 rd party payments system; Economic incentives; References; Restoration prevention; Structural break; Substitution effect

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; FEE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MOTIVATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEE SCHEDULES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; IRELAND; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MOTIVATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; STATE DENTISTRY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 77952303316     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2390Woods05     Document Type: Article

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