Research Article

Do the Indonesians Receive the Dental Care Treatment They Need? A Secondary Analysis on Self-Perceived Dental Care Need

Table 1

Percent of respondents of the Susenas 2003–2007 by selected variables.

VariablesYear of survey
20032004200520062007Average
(N = 895,427)(N = 1,030,250)(N = 1,052,091)(N = 1,107,594)(N = 1,167,019)
% 𝑁 % 𝑁 % 𝑁 % 𝑁 % 𝑁 %

Perceived need for dental care
 No need98.00877,54697.391,003,35997.801,028,96997.671,081,83397.721,140,41997.72
 Need2.0017,8812.6126,8912.2023,1222.3325,7612.2826,6002.28
Utilization of dental care
 Not used99.34889,48399.091,020,91399.401,045,74299.351,100,39299.161,157,21299.27
 Used0.665,9440.919,3370.606,3490.657,2020.84 9,8070.74