Financial Access to Dental Care Through Health Insurance in Senegal

Diop Mbathio; Kanouté Aida; Diouf Massamba; Ndiaye Amadou Diaw; Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké; Faye Daouda; Cissé Daouda

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Financial Access to Dental Care Through Health Insurance in Senegal

Diop Mbathio, Kanouté Aida, Diouf Massamba, Ndiaye Amadou Diaw, Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké, Faye Daouda, Cissé Daouda

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Received: 14 June 2017 Accepted: 28 June 2017 Published: 31 July 2017

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Abstract

Costs of oral disease care are among the most expensive health care cost. In Senegal, more than 20% of most health insurance companies’ healthcare expenditure goes to dental care. A survey, which focused on the financial access to dental care through health insurance in Senegal, was carried out nationwide. The results show that 48.7% of surveyed heads of household have less than 50,000 FCFA monthly incomes, 41% of them have no knowledge of health insurance and only 14.3% are insured by mutual. While more than half of those mutual cover conservative care (51.2%) and extractions (53.5%), they do not for prostheses. Because health insurance partially covers dental care, whereas oral health care are very expensive, insurers and dental surgeons must join forces to contain the expenditure through awareness of community solidarity.

Published in	Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 5, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20170505.11
Page(s)	359-364
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Oral Care, Health Insurance, Senegal, Africa

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Diop Mbathio, Kanouté Aida, Diouf Massamba, Ndiaye Amadou Diaw, Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké, et al. (2017). Financial Access to Dental Care Through Health Insurance in Senegal. Science Journal of Public Health, 5(5), 359-364. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20170505.11

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Diop Mbathio; Kanouté Aida; Diouf Massamba; Ndiaye Amadou Diaw; Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké, et al. Financial Access to Dental Care Through Health Insurance in Senegal. Sci. J. Public Health 2017, 5(5), 359-364. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20170505.11

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Diop Mbathio, Kanouté Aida, Diouf Massamba, Ndiaye Amadou Diaw, Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké, et al. Financial Access to Dental Care Through Health Insurance in Senegal. Sci J Public Health. 2017;5(5):359-364. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20170505.11

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Diop Mbathio

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Kanouté Aida

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Diouf Massamba

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Ndiaye Amadou Diaw

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Faye Daouda

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
Cissé Daouda

Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

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Diop Mbathio, Kanouté Aida, Diouf Massamba, Ndiaye Amadou Diaw, Lo Cheikh Mouhamadou Mbacké, et al. Financial Access to Dental Care Through Health Insurance in Senegal. Sci J Public Health. 2017;5(5):359-364. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20170505.11

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  abstract = {Costs of oral disease care are among the most expensive health care cost. In Senegal, more than 20% of most health insurance companies’ healthcare expenditure goes to dental care. A survey, which focused on the financial access to dental care through health insurance in Senegal, was carried out nationwide. The results show that 48.7% of surveyed heads of household have less than 50,000 FCFA monthly incomes, 41% of them have no knowledge of health insurance and only 14.3% are insured by mutual. While more than half of those mutual cover conservative care (51.2%) and extractions (53.5%), they do not for prostheses. Because health insurance partially covers dental care, whereas oral health care are very expensive, insurers and dental surgeons must join forces to contain the expenditure through awareness of community solidarity.},
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