Characteristics of compliant practices
| Practice characteristics | Emergency dental care (n=141) | Oral health assessment & review (n=63) | Drug prescribing (n=12) |
| Has a practice manager | 80 (57%) | 45 (73%) | 6 (50%) |
| Independently owned | 119 (84%) | 56 (89%) | 12 (100%) |
| Corporate practice | 8 (6%) | 5 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| Salaried service | 14 (10%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| Fully NHS | 32 (23%) | 5 (8%) | 0 (0%) |
| Fully private | 1 (<1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
| A mixture of NHS/private | 108 (77%) | 57 (90%) | 12 (100%) |
NHS, National Health Service.