Production-economic effects of delegation and practice size in a private dental office.
Practicing dentists, researchers, and a computer analyzed data from phases of use of expanded function dental auxiliaries in a private dental office. Increases in production and net income were related to the delegation of more complex functions in the expanded practice.
D000066:Accounting; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003727:Dental Auxiliaries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D004526:Efficiency; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005376:Financial Management; D007182:Income; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics*