Economic impact of dental service utilization by older adults.

Autor: Meskin LH; Graduate School, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262., Dillenberg J, Heft MW, Katz RV, Martens LV
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) [J Am Dent Assoc] 1990 Jun; Vol. 120 (6), pp. 665-8.
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1990.0107
Abstrakt: A total of 747 general dental practitioners--in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, and Minnesota--responded to a questionnaire in 1988 by completing a detailed productivity report of patient services performed during a specified period. The results, based on 11,909 patient visits and 22,712 dental procedures, indicated that stereotypes of older adults as underutilizers of dental care are incorrect. This finding and others, detailed within this article, indicate that older adults make up a substantial portion of regular patients and that their utilization of dental services should increase throughout 1990.
Databáze: MEDLINE