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DENTISTS’PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR PATIENTS: RELATION TO QUALITY OF CARE † #
Author(s) -
Weinstein Philip,
Milgrom Peter,
Ratener Peter,
Read William,
Morrison Kenneth
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1978.tb03712.x
Subject(s) - library science , history , political science , computer science
This study investigates dentists' perceptions of their patients and the relation of these perceptions to measures of actual quality of restorative treatment. The results indicate that 1) though the dentists see their patients as "cooperative," they perceived a substantial number of "problems," i.e., willingness to pay for optimal care or follow professional recommendations; and 2) there are significant associations between dentists' perceptions of patients and measures of the quality of restorative treatments; higher quality scores were associated with perceptions of a more cooperative patient.