Evaluation of the economic impact of COVID-19 on Brazilian private dental clinics: A cross-sectional study.

Autor: Villarim NLS; Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil., Muniz IAF; Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil., Perez DEDC; Department of Clinical and Preventive Dentistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil., Martelli Junior H; Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences and Primary Health Care, State University of Montes Claros, Brazil., Machado RA; Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo (HRAC/USP), Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.; Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry, University of Campinas (FOP/UNICAMP), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil., Cavalcanti YW; Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil., Bonan PRF; Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Work (Reading, Mass.) [Work] 2022; Vol. 71 (1), pp. 79-86.
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-210989
Abstrakt: Background: The changes in dental care in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the need for greater financial investment by dentists in biosafety measures and increase in the costs of dental consultations.
Objective: To evaluate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental practices in private clinics in Brazil.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out, using an online questionnaire indexed in Google Forms, and distributed among dentists. The data obtained were analyzed using the IBM SPSS 25.0 software, evaluating the factors associated with strong or very strong impact on the participants' income and the factors that motivated the dentists to look for a credit line. Multiple logistic regression models were constructed to identify the associated factors. Variables with p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results: Most participants were female, with a median age of 35 years. Dentists who are most concerned about their professional future (OR = 3.134; 95% CI: 1.804-5.445), who have longer office hours (OR = 2.056; 95% CI: 1.198-3.529), who had the greatest impact on the flow of patients (OR = 16.358; 95% CI: 9.408-28.443) and in need of investing in infrastructure (OR = 1.756; 95% CI: 1.014-3.041), had the greatest impact on monthly earnings.
Conclusions: The pandemic and the new biosafety recommendations for care during this period had a negative impact on the income of Brazilian dental offices and increased the chance of seeking credit to alleviate the financial deficit.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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