Wait no more : the use of private dental services by welfare recipients in Australia
Hopkins, Sandra and Kidd, Michael P. 2008, Wait no more : the use of private dental services by welfare recipients in Australia, Journal of economic and social policy, vol. 12, no. 1, Summer, pp. 25-39.
Dental services in Australia are available both privately and publicly. However, access to public dental services, like access to public hospital services for non-urgent treatment, is subject to a considerable waiting period. Moreover, access to public dental services is restricted to certain categories of welfare beneficiaries who qualify for a health care card. Because of the waiting time for public treatment, there is a frequent call for more public dental resources. This paper addresses the issue of what the waiting time for public dental services represents. One view largely confirmed by our research is that state governments are using the waiting time as a way of trying to push more and more people into the private sector. We find that more and more health care card holders are using the private sector for dental services.
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