| Titre : | Oral health care in Europe: Financing, access and provision |
| Auteurs : | European observatory on Health Systems and Policies (Copenhagen, DNK) ; Juliane Winkelmann ; Jesús Gómez Rossi ; Aigul Sydykova ; et al. |
| Type de document : | Rapport |
| Editeur : | Geneva [CHE] : World Health Organization - WHO, 2022/06/09 |
| Collection : | Health systems in transition , num. Vol. 24 n°2 |
| Description : | 176p. / tabl., graph., fig. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Système santé ; Europe ; Organisation ; Financement ; Réforme ; Santé publique [généralité] ; Santé buccodentaire |
| Résumé : | Oral diseases are increasingly recognized as one of the most prevalent conditions in Europe, affecting nearly half of the European population. Despite their high prevalence, statutory coverage of dental care is limited in many European countries as evidenced by restricted service packages and high private funding compared to other health services. This Health Systems in Transition (HiT) review investigates a broad range of topics of oral health care across Europe, ranging from oral health and inequalities, coverage gaps, financial protection and unmet needs, preventive community care, workforce, corporate dentistry and cross-border care. The review identifies common trends and challenges in financing, access, coverage and provision of oral health care in 31 European countries and finds that: - Oral diseases remain an important burden of disease despite decreasing prevalence in all age groups and stronger focus on preventive care. - Data is lacking on virtually all areas of oral health care, particularly on the underlying causes and the prevalence of oral disease, as well as the effectiveness of community preventive activities and oral health services. This situation impedes informed policy making. - Private expenditure plays an important role in many countries for covering dental care services. In particular for adults, public coverage is more limited on average than for children and other vulnerable groups. - Dental care is the most frequent type of care for which people report unmet needs due to financial reasons particularly affecting vulnerable and low-income populations. - There are large differences in dentists’ ratios across European countries, but most countries have seen an increase of dentists which is associated with the growth of the private sector and increased cross-border dental tourism. |
| En ligne : | https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/i/oral-health-care-in-europe-financing-access-and-provision |
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