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Competition and dental services.

J Grytten1, R Sørensen

  • 1Dental School, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. josteing@odont.uio.no

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|July 21, 2000
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The Norwegian dental market, deregulated in 1995, shows competition has minimal impact on adult dental service fees. Dentists

Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Dental Public Policy
  • Market Competition Analysis

Background:

  • Adult dental services in Norway are privately provided with practice establishment freedom.
  • Market liberalization occurred in 1995 with the repeal of the normal tariff, moving to a deregulated fee system.
  • The adult dental market operates as a free competitive market.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the short-term effects of market competition on adult dental services in Norway.
  • To analyze fee structures, practice characteristics, and treatment profiles under a deregulated market.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a comprehensive dataset including fees, practice characteristics, and treatment profiles.
  • Examination of factors dentists consider when setting fees.

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  • Statistical analysis to assess the impact of competition on fee levels and market behavior.

    • Main Results:

    • Competition demonstrated a weak effect on the adult dental services market.
    • No evidence supported theories of monopolistic competition or monopoly influencing fee levels.
    • Limited evidence contradicted the inducement hypothesis, suggesting dentists do not exploit market control.

    Conclusions:

    • Dentists' behavior appears influenced by professional norms and patient care concerns, constraining self-interest.
    • Financial incentives are present but moderated by non-self-interested norms.
    • The short duration of deregulation and potential patient/dentist adjustment periods require consideration.