Asian Health Services, 345 9th Street, Oakland, CA 94607, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2011 Oct;75(10 Suppl):S48-53.
To develop a long-term, sustainable partnership with dental schools, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) need to assess the financial impact of dental students on their financial operations. Primary concerns are that students will not cover their marginal costs and will reduce the productivity of clinic dentists. This study uses data from Asian Health Services, an FQHC in Oakland, California, to examine revenues generated by senior dental students and by FQHC dentists when students are and are not present. The analysis of ten months of electronic record data showed that two full-time equivalent students generated $420,549 in gross revenues and reduced dentist output by only $29,000. While the results are from just one FQHC, they strongly suggest that students make a significant contribution to clinic productivity and finances.
为了与牙科学院建立长期、可持续的伙伴关系，合格的联邦健康中心 (FQHC) 需要评估牙科学生对其财务运营的影响。主要关注点是学生无法覆盖其边际成本，并会降低诊所牙医的生产力。本研究使用来自加利福尼亚州奥克兰的合格的联邦健康中心 Asian Health Services 的数据，检查当有学生和没有学生时，高年级牙科学生和 FQHC 牙医产生的收入。对十个月的电子记录数据的分析表明，两名全职等效学生产生了 420549 美元的总收入，仅减少了牙医的产出 29000 美元。虽然结果仅来自一个 FQHC，但它们强烈表明学生对诊所的生产力和财务做出了重大贡献。
