Service-mix of oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Australia and New Zealand.
This study aimed to investigate the service-mix of oral and maxillofacial surgeons and its association with patient age, sex, and referral sources. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Australia and New Zealand were surveyed (n = 97; 71.9% response rate), and they supplied service-mix data from a week-long log of services provided to 5770 patients. Dentoalveolar services comprised 67.0% of services. Subcategories of service-mix showed high levels of removal of unerupted teeth (44.8%) and multiple extractions (10.0%), with soft-tissue lesions (5.0%), TMJ surgery (4.7%), mandible trauma (4.6%), and simple extraction (4.4%) the next categories in order of percentage. Variations in service-mix were observed for patient age and sex, among referral sources, and between private and public practice.
Spencer
A J
AJ
Department of Dentistry, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Brennan
D S
DS
Szuster
F S
FS
Goss
A N
AN
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data