Is skill mix profitable in the current NHS dental contract in England?
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In: British Dental Journal, Vol. 210, No. 7, 08.04.2011, p. 303-308.
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T1 - Is skill mix profitable in the current NHS dental contract in England?
AU - Brocklehurst, P R
AU - Tickle, M
PY - 2011/4/8
Y1 - 2011/4/8
N2 - The use of skill mix in medicine is now widespread, yet it appears that its use in dentistry is not as prominent. Unlike doctors, dentists are required to mitigate the financial risk produced by their capital investment and ensure an adequate cash flow to cover their annual running costs. Examining the financial incentives for employing dental care professionals is therefore an important step to understand why dentistry appears to lag behind medicine in skill mix. It is also apposite, given the announcement of the coalition government to develop a new contract, which could introduce incentives for the use of dental care professionals in this way. The purpose of this short paper is to examine whether skill mix is profitable for general dental practices under the existing NHS contract in England.
AB - The use of skill mix in medicine is now widespread, yet it appears that its use in dentistry is not as prominent. Unlike doctors, dentists are required to mitigate the financial risk produced by their capital investment and ensure an adequate cash flow to cover their annual running costs. Examining the financial incentives for employing dental care professionals is therefore an important step to understand why dentistry appears to lag behind medicine in skill mix. It is also apposite, given the announcement of the coalition government to develop a new contract, which could introduce incentives for the use of dental care professionals in this way. The purpose of this short paper is to examine whether skill mix is profitable for general dental practices under the existing NHS contract in England.
KW - Contracts
KW - Cost-Benefit Analysis
KW - Delegation, Professional
KW - Dental Assistants
KW - Dental Auxiliaries
KW - Dental Hygienists
KW - Dentists
KW - England
KW - Financial Management
KW - General Practice, Dental
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW - Humans
KW - Income
KW - Motivation
KW - Patient Care Planning
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Practice Management, Dental
KW - Primary Prevention
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - State Dentistry
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.238
DO - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.238
M3 - Article
C2 - 21475274
VL - 210
SP - 303
EP - 308
JO - British Dental Journal
JF - British Dental Journal
SN - 1476-5373
IS - 7
ER -