The second aim was to determine the relationship between societal costs and treatment rendered for both GA and CS models. The goal with this aim was to develop a model that would explain cost of GA and CS. Using regression analyses for the GA model, this study found that the RBVUs explained more than 70% [...]

The sample included 12 boys (55%) and 10 girls (45%). The mean age of the sample was 40 months (SD, 5.1) with an age distribution as follows: 24-35 months, 32%; 36-47 months, 32%; and 48-60 months, 33%.

The 3 principal types of cost-effectiveness studies include (a) the cost-consequence model, (b) the cost-effectiveness model, and (c) the cost-minimization model. The cost-consequence model analyzes only the outcome of interest, under the assumption that there are no differences in costs. As an example, this model might be applied to a comparison of 2 dental materials [...]

An overwhelming majority of pediatric dental patients can be treated in the conventional dental environment without the use of pharmacologic agents, except for the occasional use of nitrous oxide or oxygen inhalation analgesia for the mildly anxious child. Pharmacologic management may be essential to provide invasive dental procedures for children who are develop-mentally or medically [...]