Prosthetic treatment patterns in the very old: an insurance database analysis from Northeast Germany
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Prosthetic treatment patterns in the very old: an insurance database analysis from Northeast Germany Fabian M. Hempel 1 & Joachim Krois 1 & Sebastian Paris 1 & Florian Beuer 2 & Adelheid Kuhlmey 3 & Falk Schwendicke 1 Received: 13 September 2019 / Accepted: 18 March 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Objectives We assessed dental prosthetic services utilization in very old Germans. Methods A comprehensive sample of 404,610 very old (≥ 75 years), insured at one large statutory insurer (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Nordost, acting in the federal states Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), were followed over 6 years (2012–2017). Our outcome was the utilization of prosthetic services, in total and seven subgroups: (1) Crowns/partial crowns, (2) fixed dental prostheses (FDPs), (3) partial removable prostheses (RDPs), (4) full RDPs, (5) temporary services, (6) relining/rebasing/repairing/extending RDPs, (7) repairing FDPs. Association of utilization with (1) gender, (2) age, (3) region, (4) social hardship status, (5) ICD-10 diagnoses and (6) German diagnoses related groups (G-DRG) was explored. Results The mean (SD) age of the sample was 81.9 (5.4) years; mean follow-up was 1689 (705) days. The mean utilization of any prosthetic service was 27.0%; the most often utilized service type were total RDPs (13.2% utilization), crowns (8.1%), and partial RDPs (7.1%). Utilization decreased with age for nearly all services (except relining/rebasing/repairing/extending RDPs). Utilization of prosthetic services was significantly higher in Berlin and most cities compared with rural municipalities and in individuals with common, less severe conditions according to ICD-10 and DRGs compared with life-threatening conditions or dementia. In multivariable analysis, gender (OR; 95% CI: 0.95; 0.93–0.98), social hardship status (1.19; 1.17–1.21), federal state (Brandenburg 0.57; 0.56–0.59; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 0.66; 0.64–0.67) and age significantly affected utilization (0.95; 0.95–0.95/year). Conclusions Patient-related and healthcare factors determine the utilization of prosthetic services in very old Germans. Interventions to maintain sufficient prosthetic care up to high age are required. Clinical significance The utilization of prosthetic services in the very old in Northeast Germany showed significant disparities within populations and service types. There seems to be great need to better understand the drivers of utilization, and to develop and evaluate interventions to maintain sufficient prosthetic care up to high age. Keywords Access . Geriatrics . Gerodontology . Health services research . Prosthetics . Prosthodontics
Introduction Over the past 20 years, dental health in most high-income countries has significantly improved in children, adolescents,
and adults, with a reduced number decayed or filled teeth; this came with a concomitantly reduced number of missing teeth in adults and the elderly [1, 2]. In the latter group, edentulism has become a rather infrequent phenomenon, as demonstrated
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