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Time utilization, productivity and costs of solo and extended duty auxiliary dental practice
Author(s) -
Tan H. H.,
Gemert H. G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1977.tb01630.x
Subject(s) - duty , medicine , amalgam (chemistry) , productivity , dental practice , dentistry , law , chemistry , electrode , political science , economics , macroeconomics
A study was conducted to compare the time utilization of the dentist, and productivity and costs for solo (one dentist, one chairside assistant and one treatment room) and extended duty settings (one dentist, two extended duty dental hygienists, one chairside assistant and two treatment rooms). Only amalgam and composite restorations done in a general group practice were included. In the extended duty setting the dentist spent more time in managerial activities and less time in treatment than in the solo setting. Nevertheless, the dentist in the extended duty setting produced 53% more restorations as compared with solo practice. The cost ratio of solo to extended duty practice was computed to be 1:1.52. From the point of view of microeconomics, the extended duty setting was found no worse than the solo setting.