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R J Manski

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Practice valuation: an analytical approach.

Purchasing a dental practice is difficult. To help make this decision process more manageable, practitioners, practice management consultants, and practice appraisers often use standard valuation methodologies. Although useful, many of these models are simplistic, arbitrary, and dependent on criteria that are often susceptible to substantial subjectivity. Therefore, practice valuation results are often disputed. The capitalization of income method removes much of the subjectivity often associated with practice valuation and provides a more reliable assessment of the value of a practice.

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Pediatric dental visits during 1996: an analysis of the federal Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Pediatric health policy articulated by the government, health professions, and child advocates is concerned with eliminating health disparities among children and increasing access to essential pediatric health services. National data are widely available on dental health status and associated disparities by income and race, but little data have been reported on dental service utilization by children. Data from the 1996 federal Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were analyzed to determine the percentage of children who obtained a dental visit and the number of visits children experienced by age, sex, ethnic/racial background, family income, and parental education. Overall, 43% of all children ages birth through 18 obtained at least one dental visit in 1996. Among children who see a dentist, the average number of visits during 1996 was 2.7. Low income, low education, and minority status are all associated with both lower odds of having a dental visit and lower number of visits per utilizer. Children under 6 had less than half the dental visit rate of older children and had fewer visits per person among utilizers.

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An analysis of dental visits in U.S. children, by category of service and sociodemographic factors, 1996.

PURPOSE: Data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey were analyzed to determine the distribution of diagnostic and preventive, surgical, and other dental visit types received by U.S. children, aged 0-18 years. METHODS: Weighted point estimates and standard errors were generated using SUDAAN and stratified by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and poverty status. RESULTS: Overall, 39.3% of children had a diagnostic or preventive visit, 4.1% had a surgical visit, and 16.2% had a visit for a restorative/other service. Diagnostic and preventive services were most common, across age categories. For all types of service, utilization was higher among white and non-poor children, but there were no differences by gender. Age-specific associations were mixed, with diagnostic and preventive service and surgical service utilization having a different distribution than other service type. Poverty status was generally not associated with service-specific utilization among African-American children. CONCLUSIONS: There are profound disparities in the level of dental services obtained by children, especially among minority and poor youth. Findings suggest that Medicaid fails to assure comprehensive dental services for eligible children. Improvements in oral health care for minority and poor children are necessary if national health objectives for 2010 are to be met successfully.

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