National evaluation of personal dental services (PDS) pilots: main findings and policy implications
| Autor: | N Goodwin, A J M Morris, K B Hill, H S McLeod, F J T Burke, A C Hall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Attitude of Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject Dentists Oral health Health Services Accessibility Humans Medicine Quality (business) Dental Health Services General Dentistry media_common Health Services Needs and Demand Medical education Primary Health Care business.industry Health Policy food and beverages Contract Services Dental care Personal Health Services United Kingdom State Dentistry Preventive Dentistry Scale (social sciences) Job satisfaction business Attitude to Health Delivery of Health Care Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | British Dental Journal. 195:640-643 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5373 0007-0610 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810781 |
| Popis: | Personal dental services (PDS) are new forms of NHS dental care in England that employ a locally negotiated contract as opposed to one based on a nationally negotiated scale of fees. These schemes have been specifically designed to tackle local problems related to access and oral health needs. This practice paper examines the main findings of a Department of Health-funded evaluation from 20 first and second wave PDS pilots. The paper reveals that all PDS pilots changed treatment profiles in an attempt to meet local oral health needs and/or promote access to NHS dentistry. Moreover, PDS pilots appeared to encourage a new skill-mix, provide job satisfaction and improve working conditions. PDS pilots appear to have provided an opportunity to change the culture of primary dental care provision to one based on quality rather than on activity and cost. Their experiences should help inform the implementation of NHS Dentistry: Options for Change. |
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