Table 2 Percentage of ‘vulnerable’ patients within the number of patients, aged 75 years and over, treated by the dentist in the previous full working week, per (part of the) country

From: Dentists’ opinions on knowledge, attitudes and barriers in providing oral health care to older people living independently in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium)

 

The Netherlands

Flanders

Total

0% of the patients (1st quartile)

24%

26%

25%

1–9% of the patients (2nd quartile)

27%

18%

23%

10–29% of the patients (3rd quartile)

24%

24%

24%

30–100% of the patients (4th quartile)

25%

32%

28%

Mean

18.8

22.2

20.3a

Median

8

10

10

Modus

0

0

0

s.d.

24.8

26.2

25.5

Maximum

100

100

100

Minimum

0

0

0

N

590

450

140

  1. a F-test: P<05.
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