An analysis of dental capitation programs for Dental Service of Massachusetts Corporation

PLEASE NOTE: This work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community: please click Download and log in with a valid BU account to access. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact open-help@bu.edu.Thesis (M.Sc.)--Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, 1981 (Dental Public Health).Includes bibliography (leaves 40-44).Dental Service of Massachusetts Corporation is seeking an alternative prepayment mechanism in order to provide more dental care to a larger segment of the population by overcoming financial barriers to that care. Dental capitation is an alternative approach to the financing and delivery of dental care. This project explores various dental capitation programs in operation with the intent of providing an analysis of relevant plans for Dental Service of Massachusetts Corporation