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Proximate reasons for the differences with other countries include higher prices for the same services (i.e., a higher price per unit) and greater use of healthcare (i.e., more units consumed). Higher administrative costs, higher per-capita income, and less government intervention to drive down prices are deeper causes. [4]
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a family of surveys intended to provide nationally representative estimates of health expenditure, utilization, payment sources, health status, and health insurance coverage among the noninstitutionalized, nonmilitary population of the United States.
Dental service organizations, known in the industry as dental support organizations [1] or abbreviated to DSOs, are independent business support centers that contract with dental practices in the United States. They provide business management and support to dental practices, including non-clinical operations. [2] [3]
Claudia, a dental hygienist uses a Nomads X-ray tool to take an xray of Gaby Gonzalez teeth at the Remote Area Medical Clinic at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas ...
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (SBDE) is a state agency of Texas. It has its headquarters in Suite 8.600 at 1801 Congress Avenue in the George H. W. Bush State Office Building in Downtown Austin, Texas. [1] The board regulates dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and dental labs in the state.
The survey also found that 61% of workers were receiving employer sponsored health insurance. [5] Five years later, Kaiser's 2009 survey found that employer health insurance premiums were $13,375 for a family and $4,824 for a single person. About 60% of workers were receiving employer sponsored health insurance.
However, "in the private fee-for-service context, the loss of specialist income is a powerful barrier to e-referral, a barrier that might be overcome if health plans compensated specialists for the time spent handling e-referrals." [20] In Canada, the proportion of services billed under FFS from 1990 to 2010 shifted substantially. [21]
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