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Dentists' consulting behavior and associated knowledge levels.

D Sadowsky·C Kunzel
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Telephone interviews with stratified random samples of urban and rural dental general practitioners (GPU, n = 120; GPR, n = 97) and oral surgeons (OS, n = 105) in New York State indicated that requests for expertise, additional data, confirmation of patient's medical status, or medico-legal issues were frequent motives for requesting a consult. Those who consulted more frequently had lower mean knowledge scores than those who consulted less frequently, suggesting that the quality of patient care is potentially improved via the consulting process.

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Data CollectionDentistsHumansInterprofessional RelationsNew YorkNew York CityReferral and ConsultationRural PopulationSurgery, OralUrban PopulationComparative StudyJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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D Sadowsky, C Kunzel. 1987. Dentists' consulting behavior and associated knowledge levels.. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.77.8.1000

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