Table 4 Cost of dental caries treatment procedures per patient
From: Access to Oral health care: a focus on dental caries treatment provision in Enugu Nigeria
Variables | Public facilities Mean (SD) | Private facilities Mean (SD) | Levene’s test for equality of variances | t-test for equality of means (sig-2 tailed) | Total Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Registration | 1357.1 (801.8) | 1580.7 (648.5) | 0.122 | 0.090 | 1550.0 (667.0) |
Consultation | 571.4 (534.5) | 1113.6 (644.9) | 0.770 | 0.007 | 1039.2 (653.8) |
Drug | 11.4 (75.4) | 571.4 (534.5) | 0.000 | 0.012 | 88.23 (277.6) |
X-ray | 976.7 (552.5) | 1142.8 (556.3) | 0.000 | 0.311 | 1000.0 (247.4) |
Composite filling | 6045.5 (1033) | 9714.3 (955.9) | 0.725 | 0.000 | 6549.0 (1616.3) |
GIC filling | 5090.9 (1654) | 16,714.3 (1592.9) | 0.580 | 0.000 | 6686.3 (7007.1) |
Amalgam filling | 4193.2 (947.6) | 5333.3 (877.4) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4265.9 (966.0) |
Extraction | 4340.9 (491.5) | 7857.1 (367.6) | 0.657 | 0.000 | 4823.5 (1599.4) |
Root canal | 19,545.5 (3015) | 31,214.3 (596.1) | 0.432 | 0.000 | 21,147.1 (6221.2) |
Porcelain Crown | 34,932 (2002.4) | 40,500.0 (2161.4) | 0.154 | 0.513 | 35,600.0 (12,182.3) |
Acrylic crown | 11,714.3 (5964) | 13,238.6 (4796.4) | 0.350 | 0.077 | 13,029.4 (4116.3) |
Bridge (Fixed) | 11,486.1 (8392) | 29,166.7 (14,288.7) | 0.058 | 0.944 | 75,307.7 (74,713.2) |
Partial denture | 5261.4 (7171) | 10,714.3 (11,455.9) | 0.025 | 0.128 | 6009.8 (7972.8) |
Scaling and polishing | 1666.7 (1813) | 6714.3 (3309.5) | 0.828 | 0.023 | 3526.3 (3802.3) |