Open AccessCost-Efficiency of Indigenously Fabricated Mobile-Portable Dental Unit in Delivery of Primary Healthcare in Rural India
Author(s) -
Pankaj Goel,
Ashok Goel,
Nilesh Arjun Torwane
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8351.4534
Subject(s) - revenue , unit (ring theory) , dental equipment , unit cost , business , capital cost , medicine , operations management , capital city , productivity , medical emergency , dentistry , engineering , finance , geography , economic growth , mechanical engineering , mathematics education , mathematics , electrical engineering , economic geography , economics
Innovation in primary oral healthcare delivery is a potential yet relatively unexplored area in Dental literature. AIM of the present study was to assess the economic gains that can be made by designing and operating an indigenously fabricated portable dental unit in rural areas.