Analysis of attendance rates at Soweto dental clinics 1995 - 2002

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dc.contributor.authorHarkison, B. N.
dc.contributor.authorCleaton-Jones, P. E.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-29T10:43:59Z
dc.date.available2016-04-29T10:43:59Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionKIMen_ZA
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Patient attendance rates at Soweto dental clinics increased during the year after the implementation of free primary oral health care in 1995. OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to examine if the attendance rates continued to increase between April 1995 and March 2002. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Monthly clinic records were used to record casual (pain and sepsis treatment) and booked patient attendance (restorative, prosthetic and orthodontic treatment) and number of dental operators in the nine primary health care clinics and one hospital clinic in Soweto. Data were analysed with SAS and Prism software. RESULTS: Total patient attendances in the primary health care clinics significantly increased from 6,161 in 1995 to 10,519 in 2002 (P<0.05) due to an increase in casual patients Booked patients decreased and patients treated per operator increased. In the hospital clinic the casual patient attendances decreased but booked patients significantly increased (P<0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Patient attendance rates increased between 1995 and 2002 with an increase in dental operator workload.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHarkinson,B.N., Cleaton-Jones,P.E. 2004. Analysis of attendance rates at Soweto dental clinics 1995 - 2002.Journal of the South African dental association;59(4):147-149en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20278
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectDental Clinicsen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectOral Healthen_ZA
dc.titleAnalysis of attendance rates at Soweto dental clinics 1995 - 2002en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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