Abstract
In advancing the clinic/hospital referrals, questionnaires were administered to private clinicians and hospital dentists, to grasp their level of awareness, and the reality faced by them.
As a result, the following points came to light;
1: For both private clinicians and hospital dentists, their level of acceptance and understanding of the medical legislation and the District Health and Medical Services Scheme (hereafter referred to as DHMSS) were not necessarily high, and their level of understanding varied. This may later hamper the advancement of the DHMSS; thus a higher understanding of the scheme is desirable.
2: The questionnaire has shown that a rise in the understanding of the DHMSS would make the clinic/hospital referrals more effective in providing dental services in the district.
3: There is a need to advance not individual referrals, but systematic clinic/hospital referrals.
