Abstract:
The objective of this study was to analyze itemized unit cost of dental service of Sanmaket Health promoting hospital, Chaing Rai province. Dental services consisted of (1)Extraction; (2) Scaling; (3) Amalgam filling 1 surface; (4) Amalgam filing 2 surfaces ;(5) Resin composite filling 1 surface ;(6) Resin composite filling 2 surfaces. The data in this study was retrospectively collected from October 2016 to November 2017 and collected data from dental JHCIS Program, material disbursement, dental personnels remuneration and welfare, dental equipment and building-construction in fiscal year 2017. The collected data were based on labor costs, material costs, and capital costs. To analyze the costs of dental service using activity based costing.
The results revealed that unit cost of dental services were lower than the dental service fee of Public Health Service Units, Ministry of Public Health. Unit cost of (1) Extraction was 137.05 Baht/visit; (2) Scaling was 149.93 Baht/visit; (3) Amalgam filling 1 surface was 171.14 Baht/visit; (4) Amalgam filling 2 surfaces was 204.04 Baht/visit; (5) Resin composite filling 1 surface was 201.92 Baht/visit; (6) Resin composite filling 2 surfaces was 232.79 Baht/visit.
In addition, the outcomes of this study were utilized for further enhancement of resources and process management in Public Health Dentistry Department.