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J Holtzman

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Facial attractiveness and the aged.

This study examined the relationship between dentofacial appearance and judgments of facial attractiveness in a sample of 60 subjects between ages 65 and 75. Subjects completed questionnaires regarding their current dental appearance and level of satisfaction with their facial attractiveness. Subjects then viewed and ranked four sets of five photographs that had been digitally manipulated to simulate common dental defects. Regardless of background facial attractiveness or gender of stimulus photographs, a specific ranking order for dental defects emerged with rank-order correlations in the 90% range. Findings suggest that dental appearance affects judgments of facial attractiveness regardless of gender or background facial attractiveness.

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Feasibility and implementation of a hospital-based group practice.

All sectors of the economy have been suffering from the current inflationary environment. In some businesses, such as health care, costs have increased more than thought possible in the past. Since hospitals are labor intensive, they have been drastically affected by the push toward higher pay and the often hidden cost of fringe benefits. It is not surprising, therefore, that in seeking relief from the cost, hospitals will examine a method which removes a large part of the salary burden from their budgets: conversion of hospital-based salaried physicians to private, fee-for-service groups. The first article in this two-part series, which appeared in Medical Group Management, November/December 1981, examined the financial and legal aspects of the conversion. This concluding article presents the operational and organizational issues which must be considered for a successful conversion.

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