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Factors for Choice on Dental Care Facilities among Dental Patients in Dageu

대구지역 치과환자들의 치과 의료기관 선택기

  • Lee, Hyun-Ju (Department of Dental Hygiene, Daegu Health College) ;
  • Hwang, Tae-Yoon (Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Park, Sa-Ra (Doctorate Course, Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yeungnam University)
  • 이현주 (대구보건대학 치위생과) ;
  • 황태윤 (영남의대 예방의학교실) ;
  • 박사라 (영남대학교 대학원 보건학과)
  • Received : 2013.02.08
  • Accepted : 2013.03.18
  • Published : 2013.03.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify if dental patients discriminate between dental clinic and dental hospital and the related factors for choice of dental facilities. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted from March 21 to April 11, 2011. Among 430 dental patients who visited dental clinic or dental hospital twice or more in Daegu, 410 dental patients were included in analysis. A total of 73.6% of the dental clinic visitors recognized correctly that the visiting facility was dental clinic and 82.3% of dental hospital visitors did correctly. Therefore, it can be said that dental hospital visitors recognize better the type of dental care facilities they visit. When it comes to choosing the dental facility, there were not much differences between the clinic and hospital patients in this study. Human resources, facilities and equipment, service are factors for choosing dental clinic and dental hospital in order. However, modern dental facility and equipment were more important factor for patients to choose dental hospital than clinic. It will be necessary for dental clinic or dental hospital to develop its own specific service to fulfill dental patients' needs through further studies on factors for choosing dental facilities.

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