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Probability of adoption and rates of preventive dental visits among CME groups |
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| Adoption during first 12 months after enrolment |
Adoption through June 2003 |
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| CME group* |
No. of practices |
% of practices providing ≥ 20 preventive dental visits |
No. of preventive dental visits per 100 well-child visits (95% CI) |
No. of preventive dental visits per 100 well-child visits |
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| A |
37 |
48.6 |
9.4 (6.1–14.4) |
11.6 (8.0–16.8) |
| B |
33 |
42.4 |
12.9 (8.7–19.0) |
15.2 (10.8–21.4) |
| C |
37 |
37.8 |
8.5 (5.6–12.8) |
9.9 (6.8–14.4) |
| All practices |
107 |
43.0 |
10.0 (7.9–12.0) |
12.0 (9.7–14.8) |
| P-value |
0.64† |
0.32‡ |
0.24‡ |
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* CME (continuing medical education) group A = didactic instruction; CME group B = didactic instruction plus conference calls; CME group C = didactic instruction plus conference calls plus in-office support † P-value is from Chi-square test (2 df) ‡ P-values are from Poisson regression likelihood ratio Chi-square (2 df) | ||||
Slade et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:176 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-176 |
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