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Fee‐for‐service (FFS) vs no intervention or control intervention (control)

Healthcare costs: cost-effectiveness of fee-for-service vs control (incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, reported as % change in outcome per GBP; currency year NR) · Dentists seeing children with erupted second permanent molars (Scotland, in areas representing the four most deprived categories out of…

1 finding from 1 review

The effect of different methods of remuneration on the behaviour of primary care dentists 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
18 months
ICER 0.10
1 study · 68 participants
Very low

Fee‐for‐service (FFS) vs no intervention or control intervention (control)

Measures of clinical activity: mean percentage of 12- to 14-year-olds receiving fissure sealants for second permanent molars per dentist (weighted by number of children seen) - unadjusted · Dentists seeing children with erupted second permanent molars (Scotland, in areas representing the four most deprived categories out of…

It is very uncertain whether fee-for-service remuneration changes measures of clinical activity: mean percentage of 12- to… compared with no specific intervention (control) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

The effect of different methods of remuneration on the behaviour of primary care dentists 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
18 months
RD 7.1 [-1.9, 16.1]
1 study · 133 participants
Very low

Fee‐for‐service (FFS) vs no intervention or control intervention (control)

Measures of clinical activity: mean percentage of 12- to 14-year-olds receiving fissure sealants for second permanent molars per dentist (weighted by number of children seen) - adjusted · Dentists seeing children with erupted second permanent molars (Scotland, in areas representing the four most deprived categories out of…

It is very uncertain whether fee-for-service remuneration changes measures of clinical activity: mean percentage of 12- to… compared with no specific intervention (control) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

The effect of different methods of remuneration on the behaviour of primary care dentists 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
18 months
RD 9.8 [1.8, 17.8]
1 study · 133 participants
Very low