title: Trends in per-patient gross income to dental practices from insured patients, 1980-1995.
abstract: The authors discuss changes that occurred in per-patient gross income to dental practices from insured patients between 1980 and 1995. The current young-adult cohort appears to provide lower per-patient practice incomes compared with earlier young-adult cohorts. These changes may be the result of differences in the need for restorative care among young adults who benefited from the childhood caries decline of the 1970s and 1980s. If this reduced use of restorative services pattern persists as this young-adult cohort and succeeding cohorts age, the effect on dental practices could be substantial.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109-2029, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Eklund
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pittman
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003729:Dental Care / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data