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Economic perspectives on diagnosis and treatment planning in periodontology
Author(s) -
Pilot Taco
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1986.tb01422.x
Subject(s) - periodontology , periodontist , government (linguistics) , health care , accountability , business , medicine , private sector , public relations , nursing , dentistry , economics , economic growth , political science , philosophy , linguistics , law
Abstract Economic factors in diagnosis and treatment planning in periodontology may be considered from several points of view. A first perspective is that of government responsibility. Because of the explosion in health care expenditure in the last decade, public funding of dental care programmes may become static or even reduced. Most governments try to curb the ever growing public health expenditure. Consequently, terms like effectiveness, efficiency and accountability are now becoming common words also in relation to periodontal health care. Moreover, private insurance companies, which have entered this area, may be individual patient who, explicitly or implicitly, would like to consider the services individual patient, who explicitly or implicitly, would like to consider the sendees rendered in periodontal therapy and prevention as cost‐effective. Features of supply of and demand for care on an individual basis should also be considered. Finally, the periodontist or general practitioner has to consider economic factors. In professional life, there should be a balance between good working conditions providing satisfactory care, and the demands and priorities of individual patients and the community at large.