Community Dental Health

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Cover Date:
March 2016
Print ISSN:
0265 539X
Vol:
33
Issue:
1

Evaluation of the telephone and clinical NHS urgent dental service in Sheffield

Evaluation of the telephone and clinical NHS urgent dental service in Sheffield

Objective: Evaluate an NHS in- and out-of-hours urgent dental service (UDS) including both a telephone triage provider (TTP) and a sole clinical provider (CP) using a quality framework. Basic research design: Analysis of activity and patient experience data. Main outcome measures: Ratio of volume of services to activity provided; distance and time travelled; appropriateness of referrals and treatments; equity of utilisation; patient experience; cost per patient.

Key words: health services, dental care, emergencies, health care quality, service evaluation, England

doi:10.1922/CDH_3676Worsley06

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£15.00
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Page Start
9
Page End
14
Authors
D.J. Worsley, Z. Marshman, P.G. Robinson, K. Jones

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