Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drinking Water Fluoridation in 12-year-old Children in the Biobío Region, Chile
| Autor: | Fernando Rojas, Sofía Irigoyen, Catherine de la Puente, Raúl Flores-Cartes, Camilo Ulloa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Oral Research, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 0719-2479 0719-2460 |
| DOI: | 10.17126/joralres.2021.003 |
| Popis: | espanolSe ha demostrado que la fluoracion es una medida efectiva contra disminucion de la caries en la poblacion infantil. La presente investigacion busco evaluar cual es el costo-beneficio del programa del agua fluorada para la disminucion de caries dental en ninos de 12 anos de la Region del Biobio, unica region de Chile que no adhiere a este programa. Se realizo una evaluacion economica de costo-beneficio, comparando dos intervenciones alternativas: agua potable no fluorada versus agua potable fluorada. Para tal fin se estimo la prevalencia de caries, costos directos e indirectos de los tratamientos, el costo de implementacion de los programas y el beneficio de ambas intervenciones . De este estudio se concluye que el ahorro en costos de salud bucal en ninos de 12 anos al fluorar el agua potable en la region del Biobio, es significativamente mayor al costo que implica la implementacion del programa de fluoracion de aguas, lograndose un ahorro total para el Estado de $129.861.645 (USD $152.833) asi como una estimacion de reduccion del 15% en la historia de caries en la poblacion de estudio. EnglishFluoridation has been shown to be an effective measure against caries in children. The present study evaluates the cost-benefit of the fluoridated water program for the reduction of dental caries in 12-year-old children in the Biobio Region, the only region in Chile that has not implemented this program. An economic cost-benefit evaluation was carried out, comparing two alternative interventions: non-fluoridated drinking water versus fluoridated drinking water. The prevalence of caries, direct and indirect costs of the treatments, the cost of implementing the programs and the benefits of both interventions were estimated. From this study it is concluded that the savings in oral health costs in 12-year-old children when using fluoridating drinking water in the Biobio region is significantly higher than the cost involved in implementing the water fluoridation program, resulting in total savings for the Chilean state of $129,861,645 (USD$ 152,833) as well as an estimated reduction of 15% in the history of caries in the study population. |
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