Perspectives on providing good access to dental services for elderly people: patient selection, dentists' responsibility and budget management

Gerodontology
Jostein Grytten, Dorthe Holst

Abstract

To suggest a model for organizing and financing dental services for elderly people so that they have good access to services. There are few studies on how dental services for elderly people should be organized and financed. This is surprising if we take into consideration the fact that the proportion of elderly people is growing faster than any other group in the population, and that elderly people have more dental diseases and poorer access to dental services than the rest of the adult population. In several countries, dental services are characterized by private providers who often operate in a market with competition and free price-setting. Private dentists have no community responsibility, and they are free to choose which patients they treat. Literature review and critical reasoning. In order to avoid patient selection, a patient list system for elderly people is recommended, with per capita remuneration for the patients that the dentist is given responsibility for. The patient list system means that the dentist assumes responsibility for a well-defined list of elderly people. Our model will lead to greater security in the dentist/patient relationship, and patients with great treatment needs will be ensured access to denta...Continue Reading

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Mar 1, 2014·Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal·Mohammadkarim BahadoriBaratali Asghari
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Nov 4, 2016·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Jostein Grytten

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