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Regional Difference of Chronic Periodontal Care Services in Korea

의료기관 종별 만성 치주염 진료의 지역 간 차이

  • Yoon, Young-Ju (Department of Dental Hygiene, Ulsan college) ;
  • Lee, Kyeong-Soo (Departments of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Suk (Department of Dental Hygiene, Ulsan college) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Yoon (Departments of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Hwang, Tae-Yoon (Departments of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yeungnam University)
  • 윤영주 (울산과학대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 이경수 (영남대학교 예방의학교실) ;
  • 김창숙 (울산과학대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 김창윤 (영남대학교 예방의학교실) ;
  • 황태윤 (영남대학교 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2015.09.17
  • Accepted : 2015.10.02
  • Published : 2015.10.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the regional difference of chronic periodontal care services in Korea by the analysis of 2010 raw data from Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. Methods: The subjects were the chronic periodontitis patients over 35 years old from dental care facilities in Korea. The study population was 278,319 including 264,994 claims made by dental clinics, 8,084 by dental hospitals, 3,509 by general hospitals, and 1,732 by tertiary hospitals. Results: There was a significant difference in medical care cost benefit between the provinces(p<0.0001). The age groups showed a clear difference in the patient charge, cost of insurance, and medical care cost benefit(p<0.0001). In consideration of the first visit or revisit, there were differences in the rate of prescription, dental examination, and surgical procedures of the chronic periodontal patients from dental facilities. The radiographic use rate in the tertiary hospitals was 2.6 times higher than that of the dental clinic in the treatment of the new chronic periodontal patients. Conclusions: The use of dental services in the periodontitis is influenced by the types of medical services facility, cost of medical insurance, and patient charge. In consideration of cost benefit analysis, prevention is the most important care for the periodontitis. Regional difference in peridontitis is cause by the use of medical services and quality of treatment.

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