Waiting Time for Elective Oral Health Care Visit (Dentist) in Primary Health Care Exceeds 3 Months From Assessment of the Need for Treatment, Percentage of Appointments Kept (Status in October)
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
Timeliness
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator gives the percentage (%) of all patients with a non-urgent dentist's appointment at a health centre who were not admitted to an appointment within three months. The indicator shows the situation in October.
Numerator
Number of patients with a non-urgent dentist's appointment who where not admitted within three months.
Denominator
Total number of patients scheduled for a dentist appointment.
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
Primary health care (THL)
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually (October)
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Technical Specifications
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
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025