BACKGROUND To explore and better understand how patients evaluate satisfaction in dental care and elicit information from them to develop a dental satisfaction instrument. METHODS Patients currently receiving dental treatment in a teaching hospital were invited to be part of a qualitative research project which involved focus group discussion. Focus groups were conducted in Cantonese and disc...

AIM To identify and prioritise areas of high need for dental services among the child population in metropolitan Western Australia. DESIGN All children hospitalised due to an oral-condition from 2000 to 2009, at metropolitan areas of Perth were included in the analysis of a 10-year data set. QGIS tools mapped the residential location of each child and socioeconomic data in relation to existin...

This research was conducted to find the root of problem and solution inactivity X Hospital Dental Clinic since Covid-19 pandemic. The findings from study are expected be an input for hospital able immediately reopen services. design used descriptive analysis observation data, interviews, literature study. Fishbone Diagram combined with 5 WHYs is problem. Determination solutions using CARL metho...

Hospital emergency departments (eds) pRoVIde cRItIcal and highly-demanded services to communities, including treatment for emergency oral/dental problems. EDs also serve as dental safety net points of access for a significant number of low income and uninsured Rhode Island children and adults who have limited access to oral health care due to lack of dental insurance, immigration status, or a n...

introduction: one of the basic problems of hospital management is lack of an effective fiscal system, which causes in loose cost control. meanwhile, accounting techniques and economic analyses may help the managers to decide better in planning programs and investing fields. then, it’s time to have a better estimate of health care services costs in our competitive situation for the hospitals, in...

background many diagnostic and treatment procedures are done in hospitals and clinics. offering services in these areas have a prominent role in promoting patients’ satisfaction levels and their prospective about health services. objectives this study is going to assess the satisfaction levels of patients referring to the six military hospital clinics in iran. materials and methods in this cros...

BACKGROUND Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles are the beneficiaries of both Medicare and Medicaid. Dual eligibles satisfy the eligibility conditions for Medicare benefit. Dual eligibles also qualify for Medicaid because they are aged, blind, or disabled and meet the income and asset requirements for receiving Supplement Security Income (SSI) assistance. The objective of this study is to explore t...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Effective and acceptable preventive dental services are hard to achieve in conjunction with treatment services. The Oral Health Office of Fars Province in Iran established the Oral Health Park in a deprived part of the city of Shiraz to attract families and school children to receive preventive services. No other treatment was provided in the setting. The aim of this study w...