Research Article

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

Table 3

Distribution of the Susenas respondents from 2003 to 2007 who had unmet dental care needs by age groups, gender, residence, macroregions, and health insurance entitlement.

Variables2003 ( 𝑛 = 1 1 , 9 3 7 )2004 ( 𝑛 = 1 7 , 5 5 4 )2005 ( 𝑛 = 1 6 , 7 7 3 )2006 ( 𝑛 = 1 8 , 5 5 9 )2007 ( 𝑛 = 1 6 , 7 9 3 )

Age (years) 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001
 <152,537 (21.3)3,978 (22.7)3,421 (20.4)3,779 (20.4)3,463 (20.6)
 15–293,407 (28.5)4,827 (27.5)4,686 (27.9)5,174 (27.9)4,370 (26.0)
 30–443,139 (26.3)4,943 (28.2)4,816 (28.7)5,076 (27.4)4,887 (29.0)
 45–592,117 (17.7)2,733 (15.6)2,844 (17.03,282 (17.7)2,946 (17.5)
 60<737 (6.2)1,073 (6.1)1,006 (6.0)1,248 (6.7)1,137 (6.8)
Gender 𝑃 -value > 0.001 𝑃 -value > 0.001 𝑃 -value > 0.001 𝑃 -value > 0.001 𝑃 -value > 0.001
 Male5,867 (49.2)8,673 (49.4)8,383 (50.0)9,264 (49.9)8,518 (50.7)
 Female6,070 (50.9)8,881 (50.6)8,390 (50.0)9,295 (50.1)8,275 (49.3)
Residence 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001
 Urban3,647 (30.6)5,441 (31.0)4,733 (28.2)5,234 (28.2)4,476 (26.7)
 Rural8,290 (69.5)12,113 (69.0)12,040 (71.8)13,325 (71.8)12,317 (73.4)
Macroregions 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001
 Maluku Islands and West Papua 414 (3.5)554 (3.2)992 (5.9)1,306 (7.0)1,068 (6.4)
 Lesser Sunda Islands1,566 (13.1)1,864 (10.6)1,567 (9.3)1,465 (7.9)1,450 (8.6)
 Kalimantan1,305 (10.9)1,988 (11.3)2,415 (14.4)2,108 (11.4)1,991 (11.9)
 Sulawesi1,975 (16.6)2,931 (16.7)3,086 (18.4)3,507 (18.9)3,775 (22.5)
 Java3,558 (29.8)4,498 (25.6)3,684 (22.0)4,085 (22.0)3,021 (18.0)
 Sumatra3,119 (26.1)5,719 (32.6)5,029 (30.0)6,088 (32.8)5,448 (32.7)
Health insurance entitlement 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001 𝑃 -value < 0.001
 Other insurances317 (2.7)540 (3.1)171 (1.0)147 (0.8)89 (0.5)
 Private employees insurance333 (2.8)384 (2.2)367 (2.2)434 (2.3)330 (2.0)
 Government employees insurance603 (5.1)809 (4.6)573 (3.4)735 (4.0)702 (4.2)
 Insurances for the poor1,752 (14.7)3,252 (18.5)2,174 (13.0)4214 (22.7)4,016 (23.9)
 Uninsured8,932 (74.8)12,569 (71.6)13,488 (80.4)13,029 (70.2)11,656 (69.4)