Medicare Chronic Disease Dental Scheme Medicare data focuses primarily (CDDS) and teen dental Medicare on the public sector, and records data 2007 – 2012: the number of services and the benefits paid by Medicare (with Services by category and item an limit that is paid). The numbers types of treatment services provided are similar to those that Benefits paid by Medicare are identified in table 4. The Category 4 oral and maxillofacial – benefits paid per service grew at services 1.44 per cent between 2007 and 2011. Medicare services for dentists, dental prosthetists, dentistry-oral surgery/ other dental specialist, dentistry-registered and orthodontistry Department of 2006 2012 services by Medicare – – Veteran’s Affairs category and service item numbers Public Dental Directors/ Public sector utilization patterns and – Jurisdictions typical service usage. Child dental health data National Dental Total population, 65+ population, Self-report survey with a Telephone Interview geographical distribution by remoteness relatively small sample size Survey (ARCPOH) area, index of relative socio-economic (~7,000) collected every advantage and disadvantage, gender three years. and age cohorts for: NDTIS captures data on Exams dental visiting by asking respondents about the X-rays number of visits made in the previous 12 months. Data on Scale and cleans services received at those Extractions visits were collected by asking respondents to recall Fillings the number of exams, x-rays, Crowns scale and cleans, extractions, fillings, crowns, bridges, gum Bridges treatments and orthodontic Gum treatments services received in the last 12 months. The NDTIS services Orthodontic services. received questions were primarily designed to gain an understanding of the orientation of dental care within the community. While these service types represent the large majority of services received, the data does not necessarily reflect all dental services received. As such there is a high likelihood that the total count of services is conservative, and that services per visit applied in the dental demand projection is likely to be highly conservative.
Medicare Chronic Disease Dental Scheme (CDDS) and teen dental Medicare data 2007 – 2012: Services by category and item numbers Benefits paid by Medicare Category 4 – oral and maxillofacial services Medicare services for dentists, dental prosthetists, dentistry-oral surgery/ other dental specialist, dentistry-registered and orthodontistry Medicare data focuses primarily on the public sector, and records the number of services and the benefits paid by Medicare (with an limit that is paid). The types of treatment services provided are similar to those that are identified in table 4. The benefits paid per service grew at 1.44 per cent between 2007 and 2011. Department of Veteran’s Affairs 2006 – 2012 services by Medicare category and service item numbers – Public Dental Directors/ Jurisdictions Public sector utilization patterns and typical service usage. Child dental health data – National Dental Telephone Interview Survey (ARCPOH) Total population, 65+ population, geographical distribution by remoteness area, index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage, gender and age cohorts for: Exams X-rays Scale and cleans Extractions Fillings Crowns Bridges Gum treatments Orthodontic services. Self-report survey with a relatively small sample size (~7,000) collected every three years. NDTIS captures data on dental visiting by asking respondents about the number of visits made in the previous 12 months. Data on services received at those visits were collected by asking respondents to recall the number of exams, x-rays, scale and cleans, extractions, fillings, crowns, bridges, gum treatments and orthodontic services received in the last 12 months. The NDTIS services received questions were primarily designed to gain an understanding of the orientation of dental care within the community. While these service types represent the large majority of services received, the data does not necessarily reflect all dental services received. As such there is a high likelihood that the total count of services is conservative, and that services per visit applied in the dental demand projection is likely to be highly conservative.
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