The “business” of dentistry: Consumers’ (patients’) criteria in the selection and evaluation of dental services

• Laura Gray,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Sciences, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Lisa McNeill ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lisa.mcneill@otago.ac.nz (LMN); li.mei@otago.ac.nz (LM)

  Affiliation Otago Business School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9639-9965

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• Weiming Yi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Sciences, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Anastasia Zvonereva,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Sciences, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

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• Paul Brunton,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zeland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9726-2987

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• Li Mei

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lisa.mcneill@otago.ac.nz (LMN); li.mei@otago.ac.nz (LM)

  Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Sciences, Sir John Walsh Research Institute, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-8091

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