2025_RSU_Olga_research_week_economic_analysis

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SU

CREATED

May 29, 2024

UPDATED

December 30, 2024

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Data

Add the age to all the children

# A tibble: 0 × 34
# ℹ 34 variables: Count <dbl>, Timestamp <dttm>, Operator <chr>,
#   Patient ID <dbl>, Group <chr>, Examination date <date>, Birth date <date>,
#   Age <dbl>, Sex <chr>, Age2 <dbl>,
#   Nr of dental visits (no GA, no sedation) <dbl>,
#   Nr of treatment sessions with sedation <dbl>, Nr of emergency GA <dbl>,
#   Nr of planned GA <dbl>, Nr of SDF applications (sessions) <dbl>,
#   Nr of GIC sealants (primary teeth) <dbl>, …

REMOVE ID 218 & 279

EDA

Baseline of groups

Characteristic control, N = 521 treatment, N = 1281
Sex

    Female 25 (48%) 58 (45%)
    Male 27 (52%) 70 (55%)
Age2

    Mean (SD) 7.88 (1.65) 7.01 (1.40)
Nr of dental visits (no GA, no sedation)

    Mean (SD) 6.3 (3.5) 7.8 (3.4)
Nr of treatment sessions with sedation

    Mean (SD) 0.0192 (0.1387) 0.0078 (0.0884)
Nr of emergency GA

    Mean (SD) 0.40 (0.63) 0.23 (0.51)
Nr of planned GA

    Mean (SD) 0.83 (0.62) 0.05 (0.23)
Nr of SDF applications (sessions)

    Mean (SD) 0.48 (1.06) 2.94 (2.07)
Nr of GIC sealants (primary teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.0192 (0.1387) 0.0391 (0.2917)
Nr of GIC sealants (permanent teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.10 (0.57) 0.30 (0.89)
Nr of resin sealants (primary teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.10 (0.45) 0.23 (0.76)
Nr of resin sealants (permanent teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.44 (1.24) 0.72 (1.52)
Nr of GIC fillings (primary teeth)

    Mean (SD) 1.88 (1.93) 1.72 (2.09)
Nr of GIC fillings (permanent teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.13 (0.44) 0.12 (0.64)
Nr of resin fillings (primary teeth)

    Mean (SD) 2.38 (2.34) 1.63 (2.24)
Nr of resin fillings (permanent teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.48 (1.06) 0.06 (0.37)
Nr of Hall crowns

    Mean (SD) 0.17 (0.51) 0.63 (1.07)
Nr of traditional crowns

    Mean (SD) 1.96 (2.02) 0.25 (0.69)
Nr of pulp treatments (primary teeth)

    Mean (SD) 2.50 (2.09) 0.42 (0.89)
Nr of pulp treatments (permanent teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.1923 (0.8174) 0.0156 (0.1768)
Nr of extractions (primary teeth)

    Mean (SD) 1.69 (1.79) 0.58 (0.99)
Nr of extractions (permanent teeth)

    Mean (SD) 0.0192 (0.1387) 0.0078 (0.0884)
Compliance/adherence to the cohort group

    All treatments done as needed 37 (71%) 94 (73%)
    Partially, not all treatments were done as planned 15 (29%) 34 (27%)
How would you rate the success of your child's dental treatment?

    1 1 (1.9%) 0 (0%)
    2 0 (0%) 1 (0.8%)
    3 5 (9.6%) 3 (2.3%)
    4 11 (21%) 25 (20%)
    5 35 (67%) 99 (77%)
How willing would you be to continue the same treatment approach received during the last two years?

    1 3 (5.8%) 0 (0%)
    2 1 (1.9%) 0 (0%)
    3 3 (5.8%) 1 (0.8%)
    4 12 (23%) 12 (9.4%)
    5 33 (63%) 115 (90%)
Wong-Baker scale

    0 16 (34%) 66 (56%)
    2 12 (26%) 28 (24%)
    4 9 (19%) 15 (13%)
    6 3 (6.4%) 4 (3.4%)
    8 2 (4.3%) 2 (1.7%)
    10 5 (11%) 3 (2.5%)
    Unknown 5 10
1 n (%)

Costs estimations

Costs per year

Cost Estimates per child/year
n Mean Cost per Year (€) SD (€) 25th Percentile Total Cost (€) Median Total Cost (€) 75th Percentile Total Cost (€)
128 € 100 € 52 € 60 € 88 € 129 €

Characteristic N = 1281
Cost_per_Year 88 (60, 129)
1 Median (IQR)

95%CI

# A tibble: 1 × 6
  mean_cost_per_year sd_cost_per_year     n    se lower_ci upper_ci
               <dbl>            <dbl> <int> <dbl>    <dbl>    <dbl>
1               99.7             51.8   128  4.58     90.6     109.

Assuming 65000 requireng dental treatment (45% of children between 0-6 years old), and a cost

Cost Estimates for Treating 65,000 Children Based on 95% CI
Lower Total Cost (€) Mean Total Cost (€) Upper Total Cost (€)
5888129 € 6477285 € 7066440 €