在过去的十年中,澳大利亚私人牙科的相对负担能力
M S Hopcraft1, A Singh2,3,4
1Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
JDR clinical and translational research
|October 30, 2025
概括
澳大利亚的私人牙科费用在2014年至2022年间的平均每周收入增长速度要慢得多. 然而,收入不平等和地理差异影响了牙科护理的负担能力和获取能力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 牙科公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 牙科护理的负担能力是影响获得基本医疗服务的重要因素.
- 了解牙科费与收入之间的关系对于公共卫生政策至关重要.
- 以前的分析并没有完全捕捉到澳大利亚私人牙科护理的不断变化的经济格局.
研究的目的:
- 分析2014年至2022年私人牙科费的趋势及其相对于澳大利亚每周收入的负担能力.
- 调查澳大利亚各地牙科费用负担能力的地理差异.
- 评估收入分配对牙科手术相对成本的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用澳大利亚牙科协会公开提供的数据来选择牙科手术.
- 计算了全国平均费用,并将其与每周全职收入 (2014-2022) 相比较.
- 分析了不同收入百分位的牙科手术所需的全职每周收入比例.
主要成果:
- 私人牙科费用增加了5.3%至16.8%,而平均每周全职收入增加了24.2% (2014-2022年).
- 牙科手术所需的收入中位数比例下降,例如,检查从22%降至18.7%.
- 收费的收入不平等和地理差异显著,低收入群体受到的影响不成比例.
结论:
- 在过去的十年里,私人牙医费用并没有超过平均每周收入的增长速度.
- 收入不平等和地理费用差异是牙医访问模式的关键决定因素.
- 更好地了解牙科护理的相对负担能力对于制定政策来解决获取不平等至关重要.
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