Impact and cost of public health nurse telephone follow-up of school dental referrals

D.S. Oda, J.I. Fine and D.C. Heilbron

American Journal of Public Health, 1986, vol. 76, issue 11, 1348-1349

Abstract: The effect and cost of nursing follow-up services on school dental screening outcomes were investigated. Experimental and control groups were randomly assigned. A positive difference in dental visit rate occurred for all nurses, with the overall detist visit-no-visit, experimental-control odds ratio being 1.64 (95% CL = 1.15, 2.35). The service averaged 27.7 minutes and $8.92 per family contacted, suggesting that nursing follow-up increased dental care utilization after screening at low cost in this population.

Date: 1986
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