title: Direct reimbursement--its role in financing dental benefits.
abstract: Direct reimbursement is defended against its critics. It is a benefit plan, not insurance, has not raised costs, is inexpensive to administer, and is popular with patients. The concerns of the managed care industry over dentists being opportunistic are unfounded in view of dentistry's outstanding ethical reputation. Such concerns should be more appropriately directed toward managed care itself.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Redig
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D004990:Ethics, Dental; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D005607:Fraud; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics*