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

Table 7 Sensitivity analyses of the economic burden estimates of non-surgical periodontal treatment during the first year of periodontal management in specialist clinics in Malaysia in year 2020

	Settings	No. of treated adults with periodontitis	Direct medical costs (MYR 2020)	Economic burden (MYR 2020)	Difference compared with base-case estimate
Varied parameters	(a) Exclude the use of adjuncts
	Public	66,609	486,009,658.28	698,017,987.11	+ 0.32%
	Private	17,387	212,008,328.83
	Private	17,387	213,030,476.87
	(b) Lower limit of the proportion of adults with periodontitis who received dental treatment
	Public	51,768	484,770,729.63	627,418,852.89	− 9.83%
	Private	11,751	142,648,123.26	627,418,852.89	− 9.83%
	(c) Upper limit of the proportion of adults with periodontitis who received dental treatment
	Public	85,920	625,275,078.80	917,745,300.22	+ 31.90%
	Private	24,093	292,470,221.42	917,745,300.22	+ 31.90%
	(d) Lower limit of the treatment fee
	Public	66,609	387,788,229.98	470,834,826.64	− 32.33%
	Private	17,387	83,046,596.66	470,834,826.64	− 32.33%
	(e) Upper limit of the treatment fee
	Public	66,609	581,679,493.21	922,432,157.63	+ 32.57%
	Private	17,387	340,752,664.42	922,432,157.63	+ 32.57%

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