Utilisation of dental services by refugees in Germany: Results of the population-based RESPOND survey.

Journal of health monitoring Pub Date : 2024-01-17 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.25646/11844

Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Maren Hintermeier, Louise Biddle, Claudia Hövener, Nora Gottlieb

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Background: The utilisation of outpatient dental services is an important indicator for monitoring healthcare provision in Germany. In the general population, the 12-month prevalence of dental service utilization is 82.2 %. For refugees, this indicator has hardly been measured, although studies suggest an objectively high need for dental care.

Methodology: As part of the population-based cross-sectional RESPOND study (2018), self-reported health and healthcare, including the use of dental services, was assessed in three representative, random samples of refugees residing in reception and shared accommodation centres in Baden-Württemberg and Berlin.

Results: The indicator was available for 68.8 % (594) of the 863 surveyed refugees. Overall, 38.2 % of the respondents stated that they had utilised dental services in the previous 12 months, whereas 41.4 % had never used any dental care in Germany.

Conclusions: The utilisation of dental services among refugees is very low compared to the level of utilisation in the general population. It reflects a discrepancy between access and needs.

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德国难民使用牙科服务的情况：基于人口的 RESPOND 调查结果。

背景在德国，牙科门诊服务的使用率是监测医疗服务提供情况的一项重要指标。在普通人群中，12 个月的牙科服务使用率为 82.2%。尽管研究表明难民对牙科保健的需求客观上很高，但几乎没有对难民的这一指标进行过测量：作为基于人口的横断面 RESPOND 研究（2018 年）的一部分，对居住在巴登-符腾堡州和柏林的接待中心和合住中心的三个具有代表性的随机难民样本进行了自我报告的健康和医疗保健（包括牙科服务的使用情况）的评估：在接受调查的 863 名难民中，68.8%（594 人）的人提供了这一指标。总体而言，38.2%的受访者表示在过去12个月中使用过牙科服务，而41.4%的受访者从未在德国使用过任何牙科服务：与普通人群相比，难民牙科服务的使用率非常低。结论：与普通人群相比，难民对牙科服务的利用率非常低，这反映出牙科服务的获取与需求之间存在差异。

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