Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1982

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Scheidell, John M.

Abstract

This thesis contains an investigation of the potential for increasing dental productivity in Florida. This investigation of the Florida dental care industry is conducted from a micro-economic-theoretical perspective. It is performed under a methodological framework that incorporates the estimation of a dental production function for Florida using data on general practices from the ADA 1977 Survey of Dental Practice and employing the transcendental logarithmic production function. As a complement to this estimation a survey of the relevant literature and an examination of the general characteristics of Florida dental practices are presented. The general implication is that the productivity of Florida practices could be increased and associated delivery costs could be reduced by expanding the market for dental services, adding more staff, and increasing the number of dentists per practice, as well as by a more efficient use of dental personnel including auxiliaries with expanded functions.

Extent

73 p.

Comments

College of Business|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College of Business

Identifier

FADT14107

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