Satisfaction with dental care services in Great Britain 1998-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Satisfaction with dental services can provide valuable insights into aspects of quality including access as well as changes in this over time. In the UK publicly funded dental services are ostensibly delivered by private sector general dental practitioners for whom private patients represent an opportunity cost to the provision of care to public patients. This study examined changes in satisfaction as economic circumstances and policy changed in Britain between 1998 and 2019.

Methods

Data were taken from successive waves of the British Social Attitudes Survey a representative cross-sectional survey of the population between 1998 and 2019. Descriptive statistics and a series of logistic regression analyses were used to examine the relationships between satisfaction

SUBMITTER: Almutairi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315088 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature