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Outpatient Dental Treatment Expenditure for Patients with Oromaxillofacial Cancer: A Cohort Study in Taiwan

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  • Muhammad Ikbal

    (School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    Department of Prosthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar 90425, Indonesia
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yen-Wen Shen

    (School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    Department of Dentistry, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Wen-Miin Liang

    (Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan)

  • Trong-Neng Wu

    (Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan)

  • Jui-Ting Hsu

    (School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan)

  • Lih-Jyh Fuh

    (School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
    Department of Dentistry, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan)

Abstract

The information on the outpatient expenditure of patients with oromaxillofacial cancer is minimal. This study aimed to compare the average annual expenditure on dental treatment for these patients 5 years before and 5 years after oromaxillofacial cancer diagnosis. In this study, 7731 patients who received oromaxillofacial cancer diagnosis in 2005 were selected from the Registry of Catastrophic Illness Database as the case-cohort. In the control cohort, 38,655 people without cancer were selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database, with the case–control ratio being 1:5. All participants were observed for 5 years before diagnosis and 5 years after diagnosis. The conditional logistic regression model was used to determine the odds ratios of annual expenditures incurred by participants in the case-cohort. The measurement results indicated that in the oromaxillofacial cancer cohort, the average annual dental expenditure levels at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years after diagnosis were US $97.34, US $77.23, US $109.65, US $128.43, and US $128.03 and those at these years before diagnosis were US $37.52, US $32.10, US $31.86, US $29.14, and US $29.35, respectively. In conclusion, the average annual expenditure on the dental treatment of oromaxillofacial cancer patients after five years of diagnosis was increased compared to five years before diagnosis.

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  • Muhammad Ikbal & Yen-Wen Shen & Wen-Miin Liang & Trong-Neng Wu & Jui-Ting Hsu & Lih-Jyh Fuh, 2022. "Outpatient Dental Treatment Expenditure for Patients with Oromaxillofacial Cancer: A Cohort Study in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:3:p:1066-:d:727897
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    1. Li-Chen Hung & Pei-Tseng Kung & Chi-Hsuan Lung & Ming-Hsui Tsai & Shih-An Liu & Li-Ting Chiu & Kuang-Hua Huang & Wen-Chen Tsai, 2020. "Assessment of the Risk of Oral Cancer Incidence in A High-Risk Population and Establishment of A Predictive Model for Oral Cancer Incidence Using A Population-Based Cohort in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-15, January.
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