National Economic Burden Associated with Management of Periodontitis in Malaysia

Table 3

Economic burden by periodontitis severity.

	Moderate periodontitis	Severe periodontitis	All cases
Estimated number with periodontitis	7,198,672	4,323,955	11,522,627
Cost per patient	MYR 2,545	MYR 3,174	MYR 2,820
Economic burden	MYR 18.3 billion	MYR 13.7 billion	MYR 32.5 billion
% of GDP	2.16%	1.62%	3.83%
Provider cost per patient	MYR 2,275	MYR 2,831	MYR 2,352
Economic burden from providers’ perspective	MYR 16.4 billion	MYR 12.2 billion	MYR 27.1 billion
% of Ministry of Health budget	97.07%	72.56%	160.64%

Malaysia’s GDP, 2011 = MYR 847,319,000,000.
Ministry of Health budget, 2011 = MYR 16, 870, 767, 600.