Adult Dental Care Clients Who Make More Than Five Visits to the Dentist Each Year, Percentage of All Dentist Clients

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Finland
Publishing Organisation
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning

Defining Attributes

Definition

The indicator represents the percentage of oral health care patients aged 18 or older who have made six or more visits to dental health care per year, among all dental health care patients of a similar age. The municipality to examine will be the municipality where the first visit was made, where patients have made visits in several municipalities.

Numerator

Number of oral health care patients aged 18 or older who have made six or more visits to dental health care per year

Denominator

All dental health care patients of a similar age

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Sex (male female, combined); Municipality, sub-region, region, the well-being services county, hospital district, area for the regional state administrative agency, major region, university hospital special responsibility area, Mainland Finland/Åland, whole country

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Sotkanet

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025