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Table 3 Number of dental procedures per 1000 enrollees in a year and utilization rates for dental procedures among children enrolled in DDWI

From: Rural–urban differences in dental service use among children enrolled in a private dental insurance plan in Wisconsin: analysis of administrative data

 

Rural 1

Rural 2

Rural 3

Urban

Suburban Milwaukee

Inner city Milwaukee

 

No. of Proc.

Util. Rate

No. of Proc.

Util. Rate

No. of Proc.

Util. Rate

No. of Proc.

Util. Rate

No. of Proc.

Util. Rate

No. of Proc.

Util. Rate

Diagnostic

1653

64.0%

1703

66.0%

1666

66.0%

1750

67.0%

1749

67.0%%

1314

48.0%

Preventive

1477

47.0%

1556

49.0%

1554

48.0%

1599

50.0%

1694

51.0%

1109

35.0%

Simple Restorative

558

21.0%

511

20.0%%

503

20.0%

442

18.0%

421

17.0%

362

14.0%

Complex Restorative

35

2.0%

31

2.0%%

28

2.0%

30

2.0%

26

1.0%

29

2.0%

Endodontic

31

2.0%

28

1.0%

28

1.0%

28

1.0%

23

1.0%

29

2.0%

Extractions

82

4.0%

78

4.0%

75

3.0%

84

4.0%

73

3.0%

61

3.0%

Corrective (Restorative + Endodontic + Extractions)

706

--

648

--

634

--

584

--

543

--

481

--

Total/Overall Utilization

3866

67.0%

3907

68.0%%

3854

68.0%

3933

69.0%

3986

68.0%

2904

50.0%

  1. No. of Proc- Number of procedures per 1000 years of enrollment; Util. Rate- Utilization rate for a given procedure i.e. proportion of children receiving at least one procedure in an year; Total/Overall Utilization: proportion of children with at least one annual dental visit.