Articles Situation of operating in Dental in Hospital and General Hospital in the year 2000-2002.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to describe the change of types of dentist operations in Regional and General Hospital in Thailand during 2542-2544 and compare the difference of operations between those hospitals. The routine reports are collected as secondary data then summarized, analyzed and reported. The study show that in year 2544 there are 600 case per year increasing for one dentist than year 2543. Most of operatives is increasing from 7.1% - 180.2% except preventive dentistry which decreasing. Dental surgery, operative and periodontal treatment are 85% of all services. In 3 years, the trend of operatives, endodontics, pedodontics and prosthetics is decreasing, while surgery is increasing.

The competency of Regional Hospital to be a trainning center is more than General Hospital. The core benefit package services are mostly complete, in 91% and 51% of Regional and General Hospital have the obtulator service.

This study show the difference in operative between two kinds of hospital, that will be the initiate data for consider the seperate role between secondary and tertiary hospital. The more study should be qualitative study about the factors that effect to management of services such as administer's policy, personnel, dental problems and dental access, in quantitative study such as general/specialist dentist's work load in Regional/General/community Hospital for network health service planning.