Brown L J, Beazoglou T, Heffley D
Oral Disease Prevention Program, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Public Health Rep. 1994 Mar-Apr;109(2):195-203.
The American public saved more than $39 billion (1990 dollars) in dental expenditures from 1979 through 1989 in contrast to the substantial increases in expenditures in other sectors of the U.S. health care system that have pushed the system to the brink of major reform. The dental savings were estimated after controlling for the influence of economic factors, such as changes in prices, insurance, and income, as well as noneconomic factors that could influence the extent of dental disease in the U.S. population. Results of the analysis confirm the importance of both economic and noneconomic factors in the determination of the savings in dental expenditures.
1979年至1989年期间，美国公众在牙科支出方面节省了超过390亿美元（按1990年美元计算），与之形成对比的是，美国医疗保健系统其他部门的支出大幅增加，已将该系统推向重大改革的边缘。在控制了经济因素（如价格、保险和收入变化）以及可能影响美国人口牙齿疾病程度的非经济因素的影响之后，估算出了牙科方面的节省金额。分析结果证实了经济因素和非经济因素在决定牙科支出节省方面的重要性。
