Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce

To identify which criteria influenced the selection of patients by dentists in a city of Northeastern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out by collecting data through a questionnaire, consisting of identification data and a case scenario, 308 respondents had to choose, by looking at photos...

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Autores principales:	dÁvila,Sérgio, Cavalcanti,Alessandro Leite, Caldas JR,Arnaldo de França
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2012
Materias:	allocation of resources patient selection health care rationing
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spelling	oai:scielo:S1726-569X20120002000052014-03-10Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarcedÁvila,SérgioCavalcanti,Alessandro LeiteCaldas JR,Arnaldo de França allocation of resources patient selection health care rationing To identify which criteria influenced the selection of patients by dentists in a city of Northeastern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out by collecting data through a questionnaire, consisting of identification data and a case scenario, 308 respondents had to choose, by looking at photos of six supposed patients, the only one who should receive emergency dental treatment in a situation of scarce health resources. The absolute and percent frequencies were obtained for data analysis (descriptive statistical techniques). For the selection of the six patients, the most frequently chosen patient was the 50 year old white male (70.5%) followed by the female of African descent (12%). The dentists gender did not have a statistically significant effect on the choice of the patient (P=0.3366). Age was the most relevant criterion for the choice (46.4%) followed by the patients physiognomy (30.8%). There was no significant difference between age and choice of the patient (P=0.8133). However, there was a significant association between age and reason of choice (P=0.0258). Subjective criteria interfered in the choice: the first impression caused by different physical features.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.18 n.2 20122012-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2012000200005en10.4067/S1726-569X2012000200005
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spellingShingle	allocation of resources patient selection health care rationing dÁvila,Sérgio Cavalcanti,Alessandro Leite Caldas JR,Arnaldo de França Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
description	To identify which criteria influenced the selection of patients by dentists in a city of Northeastern Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out by collecting data through a questionnaire, consisting of identification data and a case scenario, 308 respondents had to choose, by looking at photos of six supposed patients, the only one who should receive emergency dental treatment in a situation of scarce health resources. The absolute and percent frequencies were obtained for data analysis (descriptive statistical techniques). For the selection of the six patients, the most frequently chosen patient was the 50 year old white male (70.5%) followed by the female of African descent (12%). The dentists gender did not have a statistically significant effect on the choice of the patient (P=0.3366). Age was the most relevant criterion for the choice (46.4%) followed by the patients physiognomy (30.8%). There was no significant difference between age and choice of the patient (P=0.8133). However, there was a significant association between age and reason of choice (P=0.0258). Subjective criteria interfered in the choice: the first impression caused by different physical features.
author	dÁvila,Sérgio Cavalcanti,Alessandro Leite Caldas JR,Arnaldo de França
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title	Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
title_short	Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
title_full	Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
title_fullStr	Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
title_full_unstemmed	Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
title_sort	selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce
publisher	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
publishDate	2012
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Selection of patients by dentists in a situation where health resources are scarce

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