title: Changes in admission rates for spreading odontogenic infection resulting from changes in government policy about the dental schedule and remunerations.
abstract: The government changed the system of payment to general dental practitioners on 1 April 2005 from a fee/item to a banding system. The figures collected have shown that there has been a 62% increase in the number of patients who require admission for surgical treatment of spreading odontogenic infections compared with the 3-year period before this date.
authors.affiliation: Barts and the London NHS Trust, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Centre, The Royal London Hospital, John Harrison House, Philpot Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom. richardb980@aol.com
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burnham
authors.forename: Rishi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bridle
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D032982:Contracts; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005491:Focal Infection, Dental / Q000601:surgery*; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013218:State Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*