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M J Loupe

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PubMed1975

Evaluating attitude change in community dental service programs in Minnesota, U.S.A.

Attitude changes of students participating in two community service programs at the University of Minnesota were evaluated using the semantic differential technique. Program I, a single day clinical experience at a state institution for the mentally retarded, involved 170 students; Program II, a 1-week clinical program in dental auxiliary utilization, involved 30 students. For each program, semantic differentials were designed to elicit scaled evauative responses toward concepts such as mental retardation and dentistry which were important to program objectives. Scales were administered in a pretest, post-test design. Statistically significant differences were noted for seven of eight target concepts, and appropriate attitude changes were inferred from these differences. Design of community programs and evaluation of desired attitude change using the semantic differential were discussed.

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Are dental practices less productive with older patients? Comparison of alternative output measures.

This study assessed the effects of increased visits by older dental patients on alternative measures of time- and dollar-based practice productivity. The Minnesota Dental Practice Analysis System was used for analysis of data from 31 practices (12,818 patients visits) reporting increased visits by older adults between June, 1980, and December, 1984. Results suggested that the productivity effects associated with older patient visits were highly dependent on the practice output measure selected. While increased visits by patients aged 70 and over were associated with increased monetary productivity per patient visit, time and monetary productivity per practice day were found to decline. An association between increased proportions of older patients visits and increased dentist minutes per visit appeared to account for this. This econometric analysis tends to support the notion that dental practices are less productive with older patients.

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