Unell L, Söderfeldt B, Halling A, Solén G, Paulander J, Birkhed D
Community Dental Health Unit, Orebro County Council, Sweden.
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1996 Jun;24(3):191-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00840.x.
Satisfaction with dental care, perceived need for dental care, and dental care utilization were analyzed as to equality in geographical, socio-economic, and gender distributions. The study base was a cross-sectional mail questionnaire sent in 1992 to all 50-year old persons (totally 8890) in Orebro and Ostergötland counties in Sweden. Measures of the variables were all based on self-assessments. The response rate was 71.3%. The results showed no large inequalities as to satisfaction, except the aspect travel time for rural residents. They also had higher perceived need for dental care. For utilization of dental care, workers were relatively fewer among "high" consumers. Controlling for socio-economic group, there were twice as many men than women among "low" consumers. In conclusion, there was relative equality in the dental care delivery in this 50-year old Swedish population, with some remaining social differences, primarily socio-economically contingent.
对牙科护理的满意度、对牙科护理的感知需求以及牙科护理的利用率，按地理、社会经济和性别分布的平等情况进行了分析。研究对象是1992年向瑞典厄勒布鲁和东约特兰两县所有50岁的人（共8890人）发送的一份横断面邮寄调查问卷。变量的测量均基于自我评估。回复率为71.3%。结果显示，除了农村居民的就诊时间这一方面外，在满意度方面没有太大的不平等。他们对牙科护理的感知需求也更高。在牙科护理的利用率方面，“高”消费者中工人相对较少。在控制社会经济群体后，“低”消费者中男性人数是女性的两倍。总之，在这个50岁的瑞典人群中，牙科护理服务相对平等，但仍存在一些社会差异，主要取决于社会经济因素。
