Estimate of chair hour cost in dental clinics in the city of Cuenca 2023

Maria Belén Durán Andrade 1, Juan Francisco Pinos Pinos 1, Mateo Steven Sánchez Moscoso 1, * and Manuel Estuardo Bravo Calderón 2

1 Dentistry student, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
2 Orthodontics specialist, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(03), 1319–1322
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.1163
 
Publication history: 
Received on 07 May 2023; revised on 19 June 2023; accepted on 21 June 2023
 
Abstract: 
Objective: determine the cost of the chair hour of private dental offices in the city of Cuenca
Materials and methods: In the present analytical-observational research study, the use of different formulas was proposed to calculate the cost of the dental chair hour in each care provided by 70 private dentists in the city of Cuenca. The information obtained from the administrative data was collected and compiled in an excel sheet to be analyzed.
Results: The estimated hour-chair cost in the city of Cuenca is 2 dollars and 13 cents.
Conclusion: Knowledge of dental consultation costs, such as chair-hour cost, are necessary concepts in the administrative area so that health professionals have fully satisfactory efficiency in their offices.
 
Keywords: 
Dental chair cost; Dental economics; Cost analysis; Utility; Fixed and variable costs
 
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