UNIT COST OF MOBILE DENTAL HEALTH CLINIC IN TAMBOM HEALTH PROMOTING NETWORK, MUANG DISTRICT, YASOTHON PROVINCE

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  • Supattarayan Thongjit Institute of Dentistry, Suranaree University of Technology

Keywords:

Unit cost, Dental mobile clinic, Tambon Health Promoting Hospital network

Abstract

This study was a descriptive study. The purpose of this study was to explore the costs of treatment services of mobile dental clinic in Tambon Health Promoting Hospital network, Muang district, Yasothon province. This study estimated costs of dental care units from data in fiscal year 2014. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percent and mean.

The findings were the full cost of mobile dental clinic service was 147.49 bath per visit. By cost center, the study showed direct costs per unit, representing 44.21% of the total cost and indirect costs per unit representing 55.79% of the total cost. However, cost per unit of output units, dental services, with an average per-unit dental less than budget allocated from the National Health Security Office.

 

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2025-12-04

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Thongjit, S. . (2025). UNIT COST OF MOBILE DENTAL HEALTH CLINIC IN TAMBOM HEALTH PROMOTING NETWORK, MUANG DISTRICT, YASOTHON PROVINCE. Community Health Development Quarterly Khon Kaen University, 8(1), 91–101. retrieved from https://he05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/CHDMD_KKU/article/view/7116

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