title: The importance of statistics as a tool for management and as a yardstick for valuations.
abstract: This article explains the importance of comparing statistics from year to year, especially when analyzing a practice for purchase, sale, partnership, or management. This is an invaluable tool that becomes a yardstick for measurement and should never be omitted or dispensed with.
authors.affiliation: Lorraine S. Mashioff, Ltd., New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Mashioff
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010067:Ownership; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D013223:Statistics as Topic