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    Reasons For Preferring The Private Sector in Oral And Dental Health Services: An Example From A Private Clinic in Istanbul
    (Selçuk Üniversitesi, 2023 Eylül) Kıyık, Nurselin; Yılmaz, Salim; Ateş, Metin
    Purpose: The study aims to understand why patients prefer private oral and dental health services, and seeks to evaluate the state of preference for the private sector under some variables related to sociodemographic and reasons for visiting a dentist. Method: In this cross-sectional study conducted in a private dental clinic in Istanbul, 123 valid responses were obtained from a total of 155 patients over a month. The status of reasons such as access to service, trust, interest, waiting time, and external factors for preferring private oral and dental health services were examined through the data obtained via a survey. Findings: It was determined that the factor receiving the highest preference score was 'Interest'. In addition, no significant difference based on demographic variables on preferences was found, however, the sub-dimension of Trust has been a distinguishing factor in tooth extraction. Results: The study also sheds light on the need for the public sector to improve its services to be able to effectively compete with the private sector in the field of oral and dental health, due to high scores from all dimensions related to the reason for preferring the private sector. It is considered that the findings obtained may vary in less urban or rural areas, and it is seen that there is a need for more extensive studies on the subject, which is limited in terms of the number of research conducted in the literature.