Publications by authors named "Christopher Robert Vernazza"
Background: Little information on young people's and adults' views and experiences on decision-making for managing compromised first permanent molars (cFPM) exists.
Aim: To establish young people's and adults' views and experiences of decision-making for managing cFPM.
Design: Face-to-face (online) semi-structured interviews were undertaken using an iteratively designed topic guide.
Economic evaluations play an important role in identifying the cost-effectiveness of alternative healthcare programmes, informing decisions surrounding funding and the allocation of resources. This paper outlines the basic principles of economic evaluation and how it can be conducted alongside a clinical trial. Furthermore, it considers the ways in which evidence from these studies can be used, and the challenges researchers are faced with when conducting economic evaluations in the field of children's oral health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To understand approaches to priority setting for healthcare service resource allocation at an operational level in a nationally commissioned but regionally delivered service.
Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews and a Framework analysis.
Setting: National Health Service dentistry commissioning teams within subregional offices in England.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the impact of fluoride varnish (FV) application on reducing dental caries in Chilean preschool children, using a decision analytic model (DAM) to analyze cost-effectiveness.
- Various FV interventions were tested against an oral health counseling-only approach over two years, revealing that FV without screening was both the most effective and cost-efficient method.
- Results showed a 3.7% increase in caries-free children at a cost of £3 per child and identified factors affecting cost-effectiveness, including the age of FV application and the qualifications of the staff administering it.