title: Capitation--an alternative payment system for the treatment of children in the general dental service.
abstract: The Health Departments' recent proposals for the new GDP contract include capitation payment for children's dental care. Manchester University's Dental Health Services Research Unit has been running a clinical trial of such a scheme for the last three years on behalf of the Departments and the BDA. The results of this scheme will be of major importance to the decision about any new payment system. This article describes the trial project, and reports some preliminary findings.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mellor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005250:Fees, Dental; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D006113:United Kingdom