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Health system values and social values of dental practitioners

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  • Brennan, David S.
  • Singh, Kiran A.
  • Spencer, A. John
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    Objectives To describe the social and health system values of dentists, examine the associations of essential and instrumental health system values and social values with health system values.Methods A random sample of Australian dentists was surveyed by mailed self-complete questionnaires in 2004 (response rate = 72%, n = 191).Results A minority agreed with egalitarian social values (19%), while the majority endorsed the essential health system values of fair access (84%), quality of care (93%), efficiency (82%), respect for patients (90%) and patient advocacy (81%). A minority agreed with the instrumental health system values of personal responsibility (48%) and social solidarity (45%), but a majority agreed with social advocacy (73%), provider autonomy (95%), consumer sovereignty (91%) and personal security (65%). The strongest associations between essential values and instrumental values (PÂ

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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Health Policy.

    Volume (Year): 86 (2008)
    Issue (Month): 2-3 (May)
    Pages: 318-324

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:86:y:2008:i:2-3:p:318-324

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