title: [25 years of INAMI data in dentistry].
abstract: The author presents 25 years of social security data about expenses and the number of medical acts in dentistry using lists and diagrams. By relating these expenses per year to the number of dentists per year, the average expenses per dentist are compared to the evolution of the index of consumption. In the same manner the average number of medical acts per dentist are calculated. By this method the author emphasizes the changes in average dental practice profile over 25 years.
authors.affiliation: barbier.bvba@pandora.be
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barbier
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D003815:Dentists / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003824:Denture, Complete / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D019239:Practice Patterns, Dentists' / Q000191:economics*; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data