Rural and remote dental care: Patient characteristics and health care provision.
Aust J Rural Health
; 28(3): 292-300, 2020 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the characteristics of patients who used the Royal Flying Doctor Service dental clinics and determine Royal Flying Doctor Service and non-Royal Flying Doctor Service dental service provision in mainland Australia.DESIGN:
A prospective cohort study.SETTING:
All Royal Flying Doctor Service dental clinics located throughout rural and remote Australia.PARTICIPANTS:
All patients who accessed an Royal Flying Doctor Service dental clinic from April 2017 to September 2018.INTERVENTIONS:
Royal Flying Doctor Service mobile dental clinics. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Patient demographics and dental procedures conducted (by age, sex and Indigenous status); and the dental service provision and coverage (Royal Flying Doctor Service and non-Royal Flying Doctor Service) within mainland rural and remote Australia.RESULTS:
There were 8992 patient episodes comprising 3407 individual patients with 27 897 services completed. There were 920 (27%) Indigenous and 1465 (43%) non-Indigenous patients (n = 1022 missing ethnicity data). The mean (SD) age was 31.5 (24.8) years; the age groups 5-9 years and 10-14 years received 17.6% and 15.1% of the services, respectively. There were 1124 (33%) men and 1295 (38%) women (n = 988 with missing sex data). Women were more likely (all P < .05) to receive preventive services, diagnostic services, restorative services, general services, endodontics and periodontics. Men were more likely (both P < .05) to receive oral surgery and prosthodontics. There are many rural and remote people required to travel more than 60 minutes by vehicle to access dental care.CONCLUSION:
Without increasing dental provision and preventive services in rural areas, it seems likely that there are and will be unnecessary oral emergencies and hospitalisations.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Assistência Odontológica
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Atenção à Saúde
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Clínicas Odontológicas
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Unidades Móveis de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article