[Institutionalized elderly in Reykjavik in 1984. Their opinions of dental visits, need for dental service and possible changes in dental service and third party payments].
In 1984 an investigation was done among a random sample of 400 old-age pensioners, 67 yrs, and older, who were either inmates of old people's residential or nursing homes or long-term patients in geriatric departments at the hospitals in Reykjavík. A dentist asked all participants standardised questions, among which were: questions concerning dental visiting habits; opinion on the dental public health system; subjective estimation on own need for dental services; opinion on the services rendered by the dental profession; and refunds of dental fees by the public health system. During the last twelve month period only 16.6% had visited a dentist and 34% had not gone to a dentist for more than 20 years. Of those who had made use of dental services during the last 5-10 years, 79.6% said they were satisfied. Barely 75% considered themselves in need of dental services, and 67.6% claimed that they would not seek dental services more frequently if they were made available in the institution, or if free transportation were available to the dentist's office. Only 35.9% said that they would make use of free dental checkups, while 82.2% however were in favour of free health services for old age pensioners. For statistical analysis chi-square at 5% level was used, comparing the answers by sex, age, and institution. There was no statistically significant difference with the exception of difference between institutions with regard to a question of free dental services (0.005 less than p less than 0.01). This question however did not give a significant difference between the sexes or the two different age groups.
Ragnarsson
E
E
Axelsson
G
G
Steingrímsson
S
S
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016321:Dental Care for Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D017060:Patient Satisfaction
Ellilífeyrispegar á stofnunum í Reykjavík árid 1984. Tatnnlaeknisheimsóknir, álit á tannlaeknispjónustunni, eigid mat ápörf fyrir tannlaeknispjónustu og álit á hugsanlegum breytingum á pjónustu tannlaekna og tryggingagreidslum.