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Face and Neck Dermatitis from a Stainless Steel Orthodontic Appliance

Kerosuo, Heidi Maria; Ehrnrooth, M (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3286

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Association of Examination Rates with Children's National Caries Indices in Finland

Widström, Eeva; Suominen-Taipale, AL; Sund, R (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2009)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3277

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Glimt fra den voksne tannpleierstudent i fleksibel utdanning, sett i lys av teori om voksenpedagogikk :

Pedersen, Jorun Elisabeth (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3085

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Oral Health Care Reform in Finland – aiming to reduce inequity in care provision

Niiranen, Teija; Widström, Eeva; Niskanen, Tapani (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 28-Jan-2008)

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Background: In Finland, dental services are provided by a public (PDS) and a private sector. In the past, children, young adults and special needs groups were entitled to care and treatment from the public dental services (PDS). A major reform in 2001 – 2002 opened the PDS and extended subsidies for private dental services to all adults. It aimed to increase equity by improving adults' access to oral health care and reducing cost barriers. The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of the reform on the utilization of publicly funded and private dental services, numbers and distribution of personnel and costs in 2000 and in 2004, before and after the oral health care reform. An evaluation was made of how the health political goals of the reform: integrating oral health care into general health care, improving adults' access to care and lowering cost barriers had been fulfilled during the study period. Methods: National registers were used as data sources for the study. Use of dental services, personnel resources and costs in 2000 (before the reform) and in 2004 (after the reform) were compared. Results: In 2000, when access to publicly subsidised dental services was restricted to those born in 1956 or later, every third adult used the PDS or subsidised private services. By 2004, when subsidies had been extended to the whole adult population, this increased to almost every second adult. The PDS reported having seen 118 076 more adult patients in 2004 than in 2000. The private sector had the same number of patients but 542 656 of them had not previously been entitled to partial reimbursement of fees. The use of both public and subsidised private services increased most in big cities and urban municipalities where access to the PDS had been poor and the number of private practitioners was high. The PDS employed more dentists (6.5%) and the number of private practitioners fell by 6.9%. The total dental care expenditure (PDS plus private) increased by 21% during the study period. Private patients who had previously not been entitled to reimbursements seemed to gain most from the reform. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that implementation of a substantial reform, that changes the traditionally defined tasks of the public and private sectors in an established oral health care provision system, proceeds slowly, is expensive and probably requires more stringent steering than was the case in Finland 2001 – 2004. However, the equity and fairness of the oral health care provision system improved and access to services and cost-sharing improved slightly.

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