Dental Care Patients in Health Centres per 1000 Inhabitants

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
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

The number of dental care patients in outpatient primary health care gives the total number of patients seen by a dentist, a dental assistant and a oral hygienist (dental hygienist) in health-centre dental care units during the year. An individual patient may have several visits during the year.

Numerator

Number of dental care patients seen by a dentist, dental assistant and oral hygienist in a health-centre dental care unit during the year.

Denominator

This is a descriptive total count of cases.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Gender total; 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