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Impact and cost of public health nurse telephone follow-up of school dental referrals.

Author(s) -

Dorothy S. Oda,

Joan Fine,

David C. Heilbron

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.76.11.1348

Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , odds ratio , public health nurse , dental care , population , dental health , public health , dental auxiliary , dentistry , nursing , environmental health , pathology

The effect and cost of nursing follow-up services on school dental screening outcomes were investigated. Experimental and control groups were randomly assigned. A positive difference in dental visit rate occurred for all nurses, with the overall dentist visit-no visit, experimental-control odds ratio being 1.64 (95% CL = 1.15, 2.35). The service averaged 27.7 minutes and $8.92 per family contacted, suggesting that nursing follow-up increased dental care utilization after screening at low cost in this population.

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