Influence of Selected Environmental Factors on the Business Type of Dentist’s Practice in Germany
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Process With an Analytical Hierarchy Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13775656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Stein (0000-0001-9205-6471, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Pages | 469580221146039-469580221146039 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00469580221146039 |
| PMID | 36624989 |
| OpenAlex | W4313898191 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
In the interests of satisfying the dental services demands of German citizens area-wide, constant, and thoughtful planning of supply and demand is essential. With an anonymous online survey of 375 dentists a pairwise comparison of 9 factors extracted as relevant from the existing scientific literature were analyzed with an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and ranked considering the various business types. In general, 5 local environmental factors have a dominant impact on founders' decision in German dentistry. In order: environment for the family, quality of life in private environment, real income, location of the practice, infrastructure. Real income is in first place ( p = 0.287) for dentists who want to start a new single practice. For preferring a new community practice, it is on third place ( p = 0.177) and for dentists who favor a takeover a single practice ( p = 0.130) or joining a community practice ( p = 0.096) or employment ( p = 0.111) it is fourth place. For this purpose, the location of the practice is of greater priority than the real income for dentists who prefer not to start a new practice. The AHP method is a way to picture a priority list out of all relevant factors for setting up of a dental practice
Analytic hierarchy process · Business · Business administration · Business practice · Dental practice · Family medicine · Geography · German · Hierarchy · Operations research · Order (exchange · Pairwise comparison · Political science · Private practice · Process (computing · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Computer Science · Dental Education, Practice, Research · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dentistry · Engineering · Finance · Law · Marketing · Medical Education and Admissions · Medicine · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |