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. 1979 Feb;7(1):11-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01178.x.

Field testing of an information system for planning and evaluating dental services

M C Downer, F A Teagle, J G Whittle

Field testing of an information system for planning and evaluating dental services

M C Downer et al. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1979 Feb.

Abstract

A survey of the dental health and need for treatment of 796 children, one in 10 of those in the 1st and 3rd years of high schools in a health administrative area, was carried out using a comprehensive, computerized, epidemiological information system. The system was designed to aid in planning and evaluating services and expressed treatment need on the Resource Related Index as well as utilizing conventional indices. A baseline profile of the dental condition of children in four districts was obtained. This was compared with findings from other surveys. The problem of interexaminer reliability was also discussed.

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