Dental service utilization among Thai working age group and elderly in 2013 and 2015 health and welfare surveys
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This study aimed to compare dental service utilization among Thai working age group and elderly by using secondary data from the health and welfare survey 2013 and 2015, total data was 57,778 and 111,896 records, respectively. The survey was held by the National Statistical Office. These two groups were divided into 4 age groups; early working age group (15-29 years old), middle working age group (30-44 years old), late working age group (45-59 years old) and the elderly (60 years old and above). The results showed that overall dental service utilization rate was dropped from 9.4 percent in 2013 to 7.8 percent in 2015 which the elderly aged 70 years old and above and middle working age group had the lowest utilization rate. The frequency was quite stabled, 1.7 times per person per year in 2013 and 1.8 times per person per year in 2015. Early working age was the only age group that utilized dental service more than 2 times per person per year. The highest proportion of types of dental services that received in the last visit for early and middle working age groups was scaling, while the late working age group and the elderly was extraction. The proportion of extraction tends to increase with age. In 2013 and 2015, the percentage of this population who did not use health welfare and insurance while received dental service was 38.1 and 39.4 percent, respectively. Additionally, the early working age group had the highest percentage of not using health welfare and insurance. Private dental clinic was the primary provider of dental service. Lastly, percentage of self-report unmet need was 1.7 and 1.4 percent, respectively.
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