Reimbursements for dentists’ fees: Number of recipients

NIT128A

Theme

Illness / Reimbursement of medical expenses

Data content

The insured person receives reimbursement from the National Health Insurance scheme for part of the fees charged by dentists in private practice for oral and dental examinations and treatments provided.

The statistics on dentists' fees reimbursed from the National Health Insurance scheme include

• Number of persons who have received reimbursement for dentists' fees
• Number of reimbursed procedures performed by dentists
• Amount of dentists' fee charged per procedure
• Calculated reimbursement per procedure. The reimbursement from the National Health Insurance scheme is based on the amount charged for the visit by the dentist and a calculated reimbursement is included in the statistics for the individual procedures.
• Reimbursement, %. The figure indicates the percentage share of the amount charged for the procedures by the dentist which is reimbursed to the insured person from the National Health Insurance scheme.

Variables and classifications

• Procedures by type of treatment. The groups of treatment follow, as a rule, the classification of procedures published by the National Institute for Health and Welfare.
• Time period. The variable states the year during which the reimbursements for dentists' fees which the statistics refer to have been paid out.
• Geographical focus. The smallest unit is the municipality, from which larger units are formed. The data on municipality is based on the municipality of residence of the persons who have received reimbursement for dentists' fees. Data on reimbursements for dentists' fees are included in the statistics for a certain municipality for the persons who had the municipality in question as their municipality of residence at the end of the reference year.
• Recipient group. The recipient groups are front veterans and minesweepers as well as other persons who have received reimbursement for dentists' fees. Dental care for front veterans and minesweepers is reimbursed in accordance with the Act on the Arranging and Reimbursing of Dental Care for Front Veterans. Dental care is reimbursed from the National Health Insurance scheme as medical care to the whole population.

Statistical reference period

Annual data available from 2006.

Updating frequency

Annually updated in January.

Data source

Kela – The Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Statistical registers (total material) produced from the benefits system for reimbursements of medical expenses.

Additional information

Additional information on reimbursements for medical expenses is available at www.kela.fi under Our Services » Sickness » Medicine expenses and at the same address under About Kela » Statistics » Statistics by topic » Reimbursements for medical expenses.

Contact information

Kela, Statistical Information Service
Email: tilastot@kela.fi