Changes in admission rates for spreading odontogenic infection resulting from changes in government policy about the dental schedule and remunerations

Changes in admission rates for spreading odontogenic infection resulting from changes in government policy about the dental schedule and remunerations

Abstract The government changed the system of payment to general dental practitioners on 1 April 2005 from a fee/item to a banding system. The figures collected have shown that there has been a 62% increase in the number of patients who require admission for surgical treatment of spreading odontogen...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery 2011-01, Vol.49 (1), p.26-28
Hauptverfasser: Burnham, Richard, Bhandari, Rishi, Bridle, Chris
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abscess - surgery
Adult
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Contracts
Dental Care - economics
Dental Care - organization & administration
Dental infections
Dentistry
Female
Focal Infection, Dental - surgery
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
London
Male
Medical sciences
Neck - surgery
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Practice Patterns, Dentists' - statistics & numerical data
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
State Dentistry - economics
State Dentistry - organization & administration
Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract The government changed the system of payment to general dental practitioners on 1 April 2005 from a fee/item to a banding system. The figures collected have shown that there has been a 62% increase in the number of patients who require admission for surgical treatment of spreading odontogenic infections compared with the 3-year period before this date.
ISSN:0266-4356
1532-1940
DOI:10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.10.033