Leake J L, Porter J, Lewis D W
Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto.
J Can Dent Assoc. 1993 Mar;59(3):281-4, 287.
Dental expenditures in Canada receive less attention than other expenditures in the health care sector. Using publicly-available records, the authors have shown that the overall expenditures on dental care rose from $1.3 billion to $3.1 billion during the 1980s, or from $54.35 per person to $117.78 per person. Inflation and population growth would account for about 64 per cent of the increase, and the balance ($650 million) would therefore result from more services being provided. Per capita dental expenditures by province and territory show that people in the territory purchase the least care ($33.01 per person in 1989) and those in British Columbia purchase the most care ($145.54 per person in 1989). Even though some costs are not included in the data sources used for this paper, the direct costs of preventing and treating dental diseases ranks third among all diseases or conditions, exceeded only by the costs related to cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders.
与医疗保健领域的其他支出相比，加拿大的牙科支出受到的关注较少。作者利用公开记录表明，20世纪80年代，牙科护理的总支出从13亿加元增至31亿加元，即人均支出从54.35加元增至117.78加元。通货膨胀和人口增长约占支出增长的64%，因此其余增长（6.5亿加元）是由于提供了更多服务。按省份和地区划分的人均牙科支出表明，地区居民购买的护理服务最少（1989年人均33.01加元），而不列颠哥伦比亚省居民购买的护理服务最多（1989年人均145.54加元）。尽管本文使用的数据源未涵盖某些成本，但预防和治疗牙科疾病的直接成本在所有疾病或病症中位列第三，仅次于心血管疾病和精神障碍相关的成本。
