Gulabivala, K;
(2018)
Dentistry in the United Kingdom.
Journal of American College of Dentists
, 85
(1)
pp. 8-18.
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Abstract
In the United Kingdom (UK), dental care is administered as part of the National Health Service, a government system involving tax-based funding,country-wide standards, and some centralized management. Actual dental care is a hybrid of public (60%) and private (40%) reimbursement, contracts and fee-for-service payment schemes, often multiple streams for the same patient. This blend of governmental and capitalistic forces has undergone constant adjustment and has demonstrated general improvement in oral health and patient satisfaction in recentyears. The complexity of the system makesitvulnerable to dentists gaming reimbursement opportunities and patients being uncertain about options and quality of care received. It is projected that as attention shifts from services provided to oral health outcomes, there will be more attention to local variations in need, greater use of therapists, and increasing emphasis on prevention.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Dentistry in the United Kingdom |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.acd.org/publications/jacd/recent-issue... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute > Restorative Dental Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10061575 |
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