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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults

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Published on: February 2, 2020

Development and implementation of a dental office assessment program.

James J Crall¹, Karen L Spritzer, Ron D Hays

¹Division of Public Health & Community Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry, USA.

The Journal of the American College of Dentists

|November 30, 2012

Summary

A dental plan developed a program to assess and improve dentist practices. Psychometric analysis revealed an optimal 71-item instrument with 10 scales for evaluating dental offices.

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Area of Science:

Dental Practice Management
Health Services Research
Psychometrics

Background:

Commercial dental plans face challenges in measuring and improving provider performance.
A large U.S. dental plan initiated a program to address these measurement challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a program for assessing and improving the practices of dentists within a preferred provider network.
To determine the optimal structure for an office assessment instrument.

Main Methods:

Trained evaluators conducted structured office assessments in 1,428 dental offices.
Researchers from UCLA performed psychometric analysis on the collected data.

Main Results:

The study identified an optimal structure for the office assessment instrument.
This structure comprised 71 items organized into 10 distinct scales.
These scales reflect key aspects of dental practice.

Conclusions:

The developed 71-item, 10-scale instrument is psychometrically sound for assessing dental practices.
This program provides a framework for quality improvement initiatives in dental networks.