Delivery of Dential Care

In the early1990s, health care expenditures account for somewhat more than 11 percent of the gross national product (Council of Economic Advisers, 1990). Further, the rate of price inflation for health care costs is higher than that for the general economy (Council of Economic Advisers, 1990). Thus, during the remaining years of the twentieth century, health care costs can be reasonably expected to consume an increasingly larger proportion of the country's gross national product.

Government and private business organizations are the largest funders of health care services in the United States. These two groups, plus the third party insurers, have implemented various procedures and approaches to health care

delivery designed to control health care costs. The procedures are most often directly related to funding reimbursement (Graham, 1989). Variation in approaches to the delivery of health care services, however, often have the potential for far reaching impacts on the structure of the health care system (Payne, 1987).

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ried. On one level, the personnel shortage itself is also a cause, because the stresses introduced into the practice of overwork (resulting from the personnel shortage), in turn, causes many more people to leave the profession. The stresses associated with the contemporary practice of dental care also lead to an increase in the rate of burnout among professional dental hygienists. Burnout is a relatively common phenomenon in many fields of endeavor; however, it is particularly acute in the health care field of. Burnout, together with the actions of personnel before this point is reached, lead to high rates of personnel turnover, decreased levels of productivity, and declining quality levels in duty performance. These factors cause severe managerial problems for health care delivery institutions, increased patient risk, and significant disruptions in the lives of the health care professionals involved. Burnout leads to additional defections from the profession, and further exacerbates the professional personnel shortage. The issue of professional autonomy is as important as is the personnel shortage. The issue of who should control dental hygiene is rooted in an age old conflict between hygienists and 12 dentists,
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