Visitors’ experiences of public and private dental care in Sweden in 1992–2012,BDJ Open

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Visitors’ experiences of public and private dental care in Sweden in 1992–2012
BDJ Open ( IF 2.5 ) Pub Date : 2019-08-22 , DOI: 10.1038/s41405-019-0020-1
Raimo Pälvärinne ₁ , Dowen Birkhed ₂ , Birger Forsberg ₃ , Eeva Widström ₄

Affiliation

Aim

The aim was to compare adult patients’ experiences of public and private dental care in Sweden over time from the ages of 50 and 70 years, between 1992 and 2012.

Materials and methods

Data on visiting patterns, oral health, fees and satisfaction were obtained from a questionnaire study every 5 years in 1992–2012 and analysed by using the Chi-square test and logistic regression. In the present study, the answers given by 6083 respondents in 1992 and 5220 in 2012 were included.

Results

Of the 50-year olds, 73.5% had visited the private sector and 26.5% the public sector. In 1992, patients in the public dental service (PDS) had visited their dentists less frequently and experienced having a slightly poorer dental status compared with private patients. After 20 years (2012), the distribution of patients between the two sectors was almost the same (71.4% and 28.8%) and the differences in visiting pattern and dental health persisted. During the study period, 21.6% of the patients changed treatment sector. A small proportion of patients had high treatment costs. A larger proportion of the private sector visitors than the PDS visitors were consistently satisfied with the dental care they had received.

Conclusions

As a whole, most adult patients in Sweden were satisfied with their dental care at both public and private clinics.

中文翻译：

1992-2012 年游客在瑞典的公共和私人牙科护理体验

目标

目的是比较 1992 年至 2012 年间 50 至 70 岁的成年患者在瑞典接受公共和私人牙科护理的经历。

材料和方法

从 1992-2012 年每 5 年一次的问卷调查中获得访问模式、口腔健康、费用和满意度的数据，并使用卡方检验和逻辑回归进行分析。本研究纳入了 1992 年 6083 名受访者和 2012 年 5220 名受访者的回答。

结果

在 50 岁的老人中，73.5% 曾到过私营部门，26.5% 曾到过公共部门。1992 年，公共牙科服务 (PDS) 的患者看牙医的频率较低，与私人患者相比，他们的牙科状况稍差。20 年后（2012 年），两个部门的患者分布几乎相同（71.4% 和 28.8%），就诊模式和牙齿健康状况的差异持续存在。在研究期间，21.6%的患者改变了治疗部门。一小部分患者的治疗费用很高。与 PDS 访问者相比，更大比例的私营部门访问者对他们所接受的牙科护理始终感到满意。