Prepaid Dental Plans: Preliminary Data Analysis III

Authors

U. Narayan Bhat
Burton V. Dean
Arvindlal A. Shah

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

8-1-1967

Abstract

Under continuing research, a preliminary analysis of data collected on costs and utilization of prepaid dental plans is reported here. Findings of this investigation include empirical results regarding the measured influence of membership socio-economic variables on the utilization of dental services offered by the plans and the significance of such plan variables as financial structure, organizational structure, membership size and the geographical location of the plan.

Keywords

Dental insurance, Dental health maintenance organizations, Managed dental care, Operations research

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 86

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

Recommended Citation

Bhat, U. Narayan; Dean, Burton V.; and Shah, Arvindlal A., "Prepaid Dental Plans: Preliminary Data Analysis III" (1967). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 429.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/429