Dental Treatment Payment System in Regional Public Hospital in Makassar City, Indonesia

EasyChair Preprint no. 5421

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in choosing payment method (capitation or payment in accordance with the service method) when using dental treatment services in Regional Public Hospital in Makassar based on educational background, lifestyle, oral health perception and oral health behavior. This research used observational-analytic with cross-sectional study design. 626 patients that came to the hospital for dental treatment during October 2017 till February 2018 with the age criteria of 20 years and above were included in this study. Labuang Baji and Daya regional public hospital were selected as subject hospitals using stratified random sampling method. 210 patients in Daya regional public hospital and 397 patients in Labuang baji regional public hospital preferred the capitation payment method to payment in accordance with the service method. There is a significant difference between payment method preference and patient’s compliance to follow oral health advice and instruction  (p= 0.009 and p= 0.032). Subjects that are motivated to follow instruction about oral health are 4 times more likely to choose the capitation payment with increasing bivariate to multivariate odd ratio value of 6.39 times in Daya Regional Public Hospital. Patients who choose the capitation payment system were mostly female, educated, non-smoking patients, has a good assessment about their oral health condition, motivated to follow instruction about oral health, have a good perception that diet affects dental health.

Keyphrases: Health Insurance, Hospital, oral health, patient satisfaction, perception

@Booklet{EasyChair:5421,
  author = {Fuad Husain Akbar},
  title = {Dental Treatment Payment System in Regional Public Hospital in Makassar City, Indonesia},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 5421},

  year = {EasyChair, 2021}}