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UNINA9910815899303321 |
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Titolo |
Reducing the cost of dental care / / Robert T. Kudrle and Lawrence Meskin, editors |
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1983 |
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©1983 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvii, 219 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KudrleRobert T |
MeskinLawrence H. <1935-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dental economics - United States |
Dental care - United States - Cost control |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; Introduction; 1. Market Forces; 2. The Delivery of Dental Care; 3. Auxiliary Personnel; 4. Cost Containment in Dental Education; 5. Prevention of Oral Disease; 6. Quality Assurance; 7. Summary and Research Suggestions; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Spiraling heath care costs have encouraged health care practitioners, public policy-makers, and consumers to find ways of maintaining high quality care at affordable rates. Reducing the Cost of Dental Care examines a number of ways in which cost savings might be realized in dentistry. This collection of papers, written by health economists and dentists, brings together economic issues and health care aspects of the debate. Each of the six chapters addresses a particular issue concerning cost and quality of care. Chapter one shows the probable effects on dental costs of advertising, franchising |
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