Health insurance use status of major oral diseases for children and adolescents

Yim, You-Bin; Jeon, Ji-Eun

doi:2023.61.10.657

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 61(10); 2023 > Article

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2023;61(10):657-667.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2023.61.10.003 Published online September 30, 2023.

소아청소년 대상 주요 구강질환 건강보험 이용 현황

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Health insurance use status of major oral diseases for children and adolescents

You-Bin Yim

, Ji-Eun Jeon

Korean Dental Association Health Policy Institute

Correspondence: Ji-Eun Jeon, Tel: +82-2-2024-9186, Fax: +82-2-2024-9190,
Email: institute@kda.or.kr

Received: 11 July 2023 • Revised: 17 July 2023 • Accepted: 31 August 2023

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate the long-term behavior of dental health insurance use for major oral diseases that require high treatment in children and adolescents.
Methods
The trend of utilization rate was confirmed through data from the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort for 2012-2019. It was targeted at children and adolescents with records of using dental health insurance. The utilization rate of dental health insurance and treatment behavior related to dental caries and periodontal diseases were analyzed.
Results
It was confirmed that the utilization rate of dental health insurance for major oral diseases increased. When non-reimbursement treatment was applied to health insurance, it tended to increase in use and to be preferred over other treatments. In addition, it was confirmed that adolescents aged 15-19 had a high need to treat periodontal diseases.
Conclusions
As the utilization rate of dental health insurance is gradually increasing, it is necessary to further understand the use of health insurance. Also the application of dental health insurance for preventive treatment of children and adolescents needs to be expanded.

Key Words: Children and adolescent; oral diseases; dental caries; Periodontal Diseases; Health insurance