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OBJECTIVES:To discover what dentists require of a hospital response letter with regards to content and timeliness. DESIGN:Postal survey. SETTING:South Wales. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A postal questionnaire was issued to all dentists (n = 256) who had referred a patient to the dental hospital between 1 January 2003 and 1 March 2003. RESULTS:The response rate was 60.2% (154). The preferred time frame for the receipt of a letter following a patient's appointment was one to three weeks for 96.4% (n = 133) of respondents, but 58.4% believed that they currently do not receive responses within this time frame. The preferred method of communication remained the letter (n = 82, 53%), followed by the telephone (n = 58, 38%). E-mail accounted for eight percent (n = 12) of communication. Most respondents (70%, n = 107) were satisfied with the letters' content. Eight of the ten items of information suggested as being appropriate in a response letter were considered essential by 53.2% of dentists (n = 82), and 55.8% (n = 76) believed the remaining two items to be desirable. CONCLUSIONS:Dentists agree closely on the information required in a response letter and most are satisfied with the content of current response letters. However, many dentists believe response letters arrive later than three weeks after their patient's appointment.
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Br Dent Jjournal_title
British dental journalauthors
Tomlinson P,McAndrew Rdoi
10.1038/sj.bdj.4813641subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-06-10 00:00:00pages
621-3; discussion 617issue
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doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808945
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808028
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4806848
更新日期:1989-05-20 00:00:00
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更新日期:1999-04-24 00:00:00
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更新日期:2007-07-28 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-06-12 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-06-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4807646
更新日期:1991-09-21 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-04-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4808872
更新日期:1995-09-23 00:00:00