Modelling the national economic burden of non-surgical periodontal management in specialist clinics in Malaysia using a markov model

Table 3 Estimated number of adults with periodontitis reported oral health problems in the last 2 weeks and sought treatment by sectors in Malaysia in year 2020

Sector of the oral healthcare facilities	Public			Private
	Estimate	95% CI		Estimate	95% CI
	Estimate	Lower	Upper	Estimate	Lower	Upper
Annual mean number of visits to oral healthcare facilities per capita by sector¹	0.23	0.22	0.25	0.06	0.05	0.07
Composition of adults with periodontitis reported oral health problems in the last 2 weeks and sought treatment by sectors (%)	79.3%	81.5%	78.1%	20.7%	18.5%	21.9%
Number of adults (aged ≥15 years) with periodontitis who sought treatment²	83,996	63,519	110,013	83,996	63,519	110,013
Estimated number of adults with periodontitis who received dental treatment	66,609	51,768	85,920	17,387	11,751	24,093

Note ¹Data obtained from 2019 NHMS (IHSR, 2020)
²Estimated number of adults with periodontitis who utilised oral healthcare services in Table 2

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