02763nam 2200613 a 450 991081589930332120241002194131.00-8166-6336-X(CKB)1000000000689967(EBL)345505(OCoLC)476162218(SSID)ssj0000365114(PQKBManifestationID)11285442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365114(PQKBWorkID)10403547(PQKB)11779149(MiAaPQ)EBC345505(OCoLC)234798279(MdBmJHUP)muse39777(Au-PeEL)EBL345505(CaPaEBR)ebr10231187(CaONFJC)MIL526076(EXLCZ)99100000000068996719830602d1983 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReducing the cost of dental care /Robert T. Kudrle and Lawrence Meskin, editors1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19831 online resource (xxvii, 219 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-6890-6 0-8166-1118-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexSpiraling health 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, franchisingPublications in the health sciencesDental economicsUnited StatesDental careUnited StatesCost controlDental economicsDental careCost control.338.4/36176Kudrle Robert T121208Meskin Lawrence H.1935-1642480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815899303321Reducing the cost of dental care3987220UNINA