Cooperation and competition between dentists and denturists in Finland
| العنوان: | Cooperation and competition between dentists and denturists in Finland |
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| المؤلفون: | Risto Tuominen |
| المصدر: | Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 60:98-102 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2002. |
| سنة النشر: | 2002 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Rural Population, Working hours, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Younger age, Urban Population, Referral, Interprofessional Relations, Dentists, Denturists, Statistics as Topic, Private Practice, Pilot Projects, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cooperative Behavior, Denturist, Referral and Consultation, General Dentistry, Finland, Chi-Square Distribution, Economic Competition, Health professionals, business.industry, Age Factors, 030206 dentistry, General Medicine, Logistic Models, Private practice, Family medicine, Multivariate Analysis, Female, Cooperative behavior, Rural area, business |
| الوصف: | The aim of this study was to investigate cooperation between dentists and denturists in Finland, particularly in relation to perceived competition between the two professions. From a representative sample of 350 private dentists and 253 denturists, 68% returned acceptably filled-in questionnaires dealing with competition and cooperation with other healthcare professionals. Dentists referred their patients significantly (P < 0.001) less often to denturists (26.2%) than denturists did to dentists (94.1%). Those who referred their patients to members of the other profession also received patients from the other profession significantly (P< 0.001) more often than those who did not (60.7% vs 16.7% among dentists; 90.0% vs 44.4% among denturists). Denturists saw themselves as competing with dentists (56.0%) significantly (P< 0.001) more often than dentists did with denturists (29.2%). Dentists practicing in small towns or rural areas cooperated more often with denturists than did those practicing in more urban areas. Among denturists, the likelihood of referring patients to dentists was associated with younger age and fewer clinical working hours. It was concluded that cooperation between dentists and denturists was common. Oral healthcare professionals who referred their patients to the other profession also benefited by receiving more patients on referral from them. Dental services provided by denturists are limited, which may explain their greater willingness to cooperate with dentists. |
| تدمد: | 1502-3850 0001-6357 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e3c1d31b19929f65206dceb99161559cTest https://doi.org/10.1080/000163502753509491Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e3c1d31b19929f65206dceb99161559c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15023850 00016357 |
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