LEADER 02686nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910454115603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6336-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689967 035 $a(EBL)345505 035 $a(OCoLC)476162218 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11285442 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10403547 035 $a(PQKB)11779149 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC345505 035 $a(OCoLC)234798279 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL345505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10231187 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526076 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689967 100 $a19830602d1983 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aReducing the cost of dental care$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert T. Kudrle and Lawrence Meskin, editors 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc1983 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-6890-6 311 $a0-8166-1118-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContributors; 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 330 $aSpiraling 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 606 $aDental economics$zUnited States 606 $aDental care$zUnited States$xCost control 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDental economics 615 0$aDental care$xCost control. 676 $a338.4/36176 701 $aKudrle$b Robert T$0121208 701 $aMeskin$b Lawrence H.$f1935-$0907689 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454115603321 996 $aReducing the cost of dental care$92030440 997 $aUNINA