Group practice in the Netherlands

A survey was carried out on successes and failures in dental group practice in the Netherlands. The results provided insight into such matters as job satisfaction, remuneration and how time was spent by colleagues working in group practices as well as in the construction and organization of group practices themselves. A sharp increase in the creation of new group practices in 1971 was followed by a sudden decline after 1979 due to a variety of factors. The results of the survey show that four important aspects have to be discussed seriously and regularly by dentists working in a group practice. These are: cost, composition; cooperation; and character. 'Failures' in group practices are always in relation to one or more of these factors.