Dental insurance: a comparison between closed versus open plan
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Abstract
Organized dentistry has two primary goals. One is to seek to improve the
dental health of the public; the other is to preserve the autonomy and
economic well being of the profession.
The dental care delivery system with emphasizes financial
arrangements, being responsible to pay for services rendered, plays an
important roll to fulfill those two goals in dental organization. Today's
financing arrangements are available through a variety of dental insurances
which own different plans and offer a variety of policies.
SPSS-X was used to evaluate two different dental plans, the closed panel
and the open panel among 5000 eligibles in the Massachusetts Public
Employees Fund. The closed panel was more popular than open plan because:
1. Closed panel needs less paper work and easier for employee to process
than open panel.
2. Closed panel policy isĀ· easy to understand by the employee.
3. There are more financial support available for employee in the closed
plane than in the open plan.
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Thesis (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University. Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, 1990 (Dental Public Health)
Bibliography: leaves 29-32.
Bibliography: leaves 29-32.
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