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Assessment of the Economic and Health-Care Impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on Public and Private Dental Surgeries in Spain: A Pilot Study

Objectives: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is an ongoing public health challenge, also for the dentistry community. The main objective of this paper was to determine the economic and health-care impact of COVID-19 on dentists in the Autonomous Region of Galicia (Spain). Methods: This was a descr...

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Autores principales: Chamorro-Petronacci, Cintia, Martin Carreras-Presas, Carmen, Sanz-Marchena, Adriana, A Rodríguez-Fernández, María, María Suárez-Quintanilla, José, Rivas-Mundiña, Berta, Suárez-Quintanilla, Juan, Pérez-Sayáns, Mario
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145139
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author Chamorro-Petronacci, Cintia
Martin Carreras-Presas, Carmen
Sanz-Marchena, Adriana
A Rodríguez-Fernández, María
María Suárez-Quintanilla, José
Rivas-Mundiña, Berta
Suárez-Quintanilla, Juan
Pérez-Sayáns, Mario
author_facet Chamorro-Petronacci, Cintia
Martin Carreras-Presas, Carmen
Sanz-Marchena, Adriana
A Rodríguez-Fernández, María
María Suárez-Quintanilla, José
Rivas-Mundiña, Berta
Suárez-Quintanilla, Juan
Pérez-Sayáns, Mario
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description Objectives: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is an ongoing public health challenge, also for the dentistry community. The main objective of this paper was to determine the economic and health-care impact of COVID-19 on dentists in the Autonomous Region of Galicia (Spain). Methods: This was a descriptive observational study in which the data was collected by means of a self-administered survey (from 1 April 2020 to 30 April 2020). Results: A total of 400 dentists from Galicia responded to the survey. Only 12.3% of the participants could obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) including FFP2 masks. Of the male respondents, 33.1% suffered losses >€15,000 compared to 19.4% of female respondents (OR = 3.121, p < 0.001). Economic losses seem to have contributed to the applications for economic help as 29.5% of the respondents who applied for this measure recorded losses in excess of €15,000 (p = 0.03). Patients complained more about the fact that only emergency care was available during the State of Alarm, in dental surgeries that do not work with insurance companies or franchises. Only 4 professionals tested positive, 50% of whom worked exclusively in private practice and the other 50% who practised in both private and public surgeries. Dentists who practise in the public sector saw more urgent patients per week than those practising in private surgeries (p = 0.013). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has had economic repercussions in dentistry as only urgent treatment was available during the State of Alarm. These repercussions seem to be higher in male participants, as the majority of the participants have revealed higher economic losses than females. The level of assistance has also been affected, reducing the number of treated patients, although this quantity has been different in private and public surgeries. By presenting these findings we look to highlight the role that dentists play in society in treating dental emergencies in our surgeries, and this must be recognised and addressed by the relevant authorities, who must provide PPEs as a priority to this group as well as providing special economic aid in accordance with the losses incurred by the sector.
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spelling pubmed-74000482020-08-23 Assessment of the Economic and Health-Care Impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on Public and Private Dental Surgeries in Spain: A Pilot Study Chamorro-Petronacci, Cintia Martin Carreras-Presas, Carmen Sanz-Marchena, Adriana A Rodríguez-Fernández, María María Suárez-Quintanilla, José Rivas-Mundiña, Berta Suárez-Quintanilla, Juan Pérez-Sayáns, Mario Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Objectives: The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is an ongoing public health challenge, also for the dentistry community. The main objective of this paper was to determine the economic and health-care impact of COVID-19 on dentists in the Autonomous Region of Galicia (Spain). Methods: This was a descriptive observational study in which the data was collected by means of a self-administered survey (from 1 April 2020 to 30 April 2020). Results: A total of 400 dentists from Galicia responded to the survey. Only 12.3% of the participants could obtain personal protective equipment (PPE) including FFP2 masks. Of the male respondents, 33.1% suffered losses >€15,000 compared to 19.4% of female respondents (OR = 3.121, p < 0.001). Economic losses seem to have contributed to the applications for economic help as 29.5% of the respondents who applied for this measure recorded losses in excess of €15,000 (p = 0.03). Patients complained more about the fact that only emergency care was available during the State of Alarm, in dental surgeries that do not work with insurance companies or franchises. Only 4 professionals tested positive, 50% of whom worked exclusively in private practice and the other 50% who practised in both private and public surgeries. Dentists who practise in the public sector saw more urgent patients per week than those practising in private surgeries (p = 0.013). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has had economic repercussions in dentistry as only urgent treatment was available during the State of Alarm. These repercussions seem to be higher in male participants, as the majority of the participants have revealed higher economic losses than females. The level of assistance has also been affected, reducing the number of treated patients, although this quantity has been different in private and public surgeries. By presenting these findings we look to highlight the role that dentists play in society in treating dental emergencies in our surgeries, and this must be recognised and addressed by the relevant authorities, who must provide PPEs as a priority to this group as well as providing special economic aid in accordance with the losses incurred by the sector. MDPI 2020-07-17 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7400048/ /pubmed/32708838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145139 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Martin Carreras-Presas, Carmen
Sanz-Marchena, Adriana
A Rodríguez-Fernández, María
María Suárez-Quintanilla, José
Rivas-Mundiña, Berta
Suárez-Quintanilla, Juan
Pérez-Sayáns, Mario
Assessment of the Economic and Health-Care Impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on Public and Private Dental Surgeries in Spain: A Pilot Study
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title_short Assessment of the Economic and Health-Care Impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on Public and Private Dental Surgeries in Spain: A Pilot Study
title_sort assessment of the economic and health-care impact of covid-19 (sars-cov-2) on public and private dental surgeries in spain: a pilot study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708838
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145139
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