Dr. Waldman is Professor of Dental Health Services, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook; Dr. Perlman is Global Clinical Director, Special Olympics, Special Smiles and Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston University. Direct correspondence to Dr. H. Barry Waldman, Professor of Dental Health Services, Department of General Dentis...

Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, PMNM Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot, Karnataka, Private Practitioner, Mohali, Punjab, BDS, Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Science and Hospital, Panjab University, Chandigarh, BDS, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar, Punjab, Prosthodontics, Surendera Dental College and Research Institut...

Background and Objectives: Many Iranian public hospitals are faced with serious financial challenges such as shortage of income and heavy debts. Nevertheless, many of the healthcare services are often remained unearned for not being included in the clinical records or patient bill, resulting in considerable loss of legitimate hospital in‌come. Given the limited studies in this area in Iran, the...

Background: Health utilization inequality is a major concern for health policymakers. Equality in utilization of services is very important for having a healthy society. The aim of this study was to describe inequality in dental care utilization in Iran, Therefore, concentration index, its curve, and the predictors of inequality in utilization of dental services and their spending were calculat...

This paper analyses the extent of equity of health service delivery across the income distribution in Ireland – that is the extent to which there is equal treatment for equal need irrespective of income. We find that almost all services, apart from dental and optician services, are used more by those at the lower end of the income distribution, but that this group also have the greatest need fo...

the patient’s satisfaction as an important indicator evaluates the process of care and is a valid method for standardization of hospital services. this cross-sectional descriptive study has done to assess patient satisfaction of hospital services (shahed medical affiliated hospitals). in this study, 500 patients selected randomly and their satisfaction was measured by a standardized questionnai...

PURPOSE This study was undertaken to determine what smoking cessation services dental professionals in Ontario's Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit (WDGHU) provide before disseminating a smoking cessation information package. METHODS Data were collected with 540 self-administered questionnaires mailed to 60 local dental offices. Replies were requested from all dentists, dental hygienists,...