Payment systems and incentives in dentistry
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Payment systems and incentives in dentistry.
In this commentary, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the following incentive-based remuneration systems in dentistry: fee-for-service remuneration, per capita remuneration, a mixed payment system (a combination of fee-for-service remuneration and per capita remuneration) and pay-for-performance. The two latter schemes are fairly new in dentistry. Fee-for-service payments secure hi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0301-5661
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12267