title: [Availability and services of dentists under pressure?].
abstract: Signals in society point to a shortage of dentists in the Netherlands. Aim of this study is to explore how patients, against the background of supposed shortage, judge the availability and services of dentists. For this research the 'Consumerspanel Health Care', in which 1.395 persons participate, was asked to complete a postal questionnaire. Response rate was 73.8%. Results show that there are presently no serious problems for patients with the services of dentist due to the presumed lack of dentists. The patients were very satisfied with the accessibility and the services delivered by the dentists in the Netherlands. With the availability there seem to be some possible problems.
authors.affiliation: Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg (Nivel), Utrecht. e.vanderschee@nivel.nl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van der Schee
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sixma
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Klerk
mesh_terms: D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003815:Dentists / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires