社区水的化是一个成本-利益-风险的考虑
Bill Osmunson1, Griffin Cole2,3,4
1Private Practice Bellevue Washington USA.
Public health challenges
|June 11, 2025
概括
当考虑治疗牙化和潜在的智商损失的成本时,社区水化 (CWF) 可能不具有成本效益. 这项研究建议探索替代性牙损伤预防方法.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
背景情况:
- 社区水化 (CWF) 已被使用超过70年来预防牙,但仍然存在争议.
- 对CWF的经济评估通常侧重于避免牙和运营成本,但往往忽略了与潜在健康风险相关的成本.
- 牙化和发育性神经毒性是与CWF相关的潜在风险,需要经济考虑.
研究的目的:
- 通过纳入治疗不良健康影响的成本,对CWF进行全面的经济评估.
- 确定CWF的整体成本效益,当利和风险都被货币评估时.
- 提供关于继续使用CWF的基于证据的建议.
主要方法:
- 利用CWF的已公布的运营成本和估计的牙预防的好处.
- 根据临床经验和患者的看法,估计牙科化治疗费用.
- 较低的智商归因于CWF暴露导致的发育神经毒性.
主要成果:
- 该研究估计,在计算健康危害时,CWF的净损失为每人每年556美元 (PPPY).
- 费用包括每年8美元用于运营成本和避免,每年126美元用于牙化,每年438美元用于涉嫌与智商相关的收入损失.
- 以前的经济评估排除了损害成本,表明CWF具有成本效益,但本次分析显示它不是.
结论:
- 当包括治疗牙化和潜在的智商缺陷的成本时,社区水化不具有成本效益.
- 这些发现表明,化可能会导致净经济损失,挑战其对公共健康的益处.
- 根据这一经济分析,建议推广替代性牙损伤预防策略和停止CWF.
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