Doctors' retainer scheme.

Doctors' retainer scheme.

Overseas Doctors Training Scheme.

The Overseas Doctors Training Scheme was estab lished by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in August 1989. Feedback from trainees placed in post has indicated that their early experience in the UK could have been eased had they been able to attend an induction course which addressed their specific needs. In response to this the Overseas Liaison Com mittee decided to hold their first induction ...

A functional maxillary wraparound retainer.

JCO/FEBRUARY 2004 H retainers with Adams clasps or labial wires crossing the occlusion can create interferences that may lead to bruxism or disc displacement1-3 (Fig. 1). On the other hand, if a wraparound retainer is fabricated without crossover clasps, it is difficult to adapt the round wire closely enough to the anterior dentition to provide adequate mechanical retention, especially in patie...

Do doctors respond to financial incentives? UK family doctors and the GP fundholder scheme

The 1991 reforms to the UK NHS created a group of buyers of hospital care from amongst primary care physicians. The implementation of the reforms was such that these buyers had incentives to increase their use of hospital services prior to entering the scheme in order to inflate their budgets. It has been argued that non-financial motives would limit such behaviour. The paper shows that these h...

Do doctors respond to financial incentives? UK family doctors and the GP fundholder scheme

The 1991 reforms to the UK NHS created a group of buyers of hospital care from amongst primary care physicians. The implementation of the reforms was such that these buyers had incentives to increase their use of hospital services prior to entering the scheme in order to inflate their budgets. It has been argued that non-financial motives would limit such behaviour. The paper shows that these h...