Dental care is a demanded type of care within the national healthcare.<\/p>\n
The Social Health Insurance Fund reported that the volume of dental services<\/strong> provided under mandatory <\/span><\/span><\/span>health insurance system in 2021 increased by 50%. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As part of covered serviced within the mandatory <\/span><\/span><\/span>health insurance, dental services were provided 1,5 times more often than in 2020. Majority of service recipients were children under 17 years old – who received 5.9 million units of services.<\/p>\n The Social Health Insurance Fund reminded that the launch of the mandatory<\/span><\/span><\/span> social health insurance system made it possible for children and pregnant women to receive free-of-charge <\/strong>planned dental care<\/strong>, and, for the first time to provide free-of-charge free-of-charge dental care <\/strong>to the following entitled groups: retired people, mothers with 4 or more children, the disabled, the unemployed who care for the disabled, targeted social assistance recipients, as well as patients registered with certain diseases.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the launch of the mandatory<\/span><\/span><\/span> social health insurance, from January 1, 2020, certain dental services became available for defined categories <\/strong>of the population. In 2020, the first year since the launch, 6.8 million <\/strong>units of dental services were provided. A year later, there was an increase in consumption of dental care under the insurance by one and a half times – up to 10 million<\/strong> services. Increased funding for dental care has resulted in better coverage of patients <\/strong>who need it\u201d the Fund reported.<\/p>\n Over the past two years<\/strong>, more than 16.8 million dental services for 37 billion tenge have been provided as part of financing for mandatory<\/span><\/span><\/span> social health insurance. In 2022,<\/strong> according to the procurement plan, dental services will be provided for 22.7 billion tenge – more than any one given year in the past.<\/p>\n The Fund reminded that dental care <\/strong>is provided based on patient’s free choice<\/strong> of a health care organization, meaning that a referral from a PHC doctor <\/strong>is not required. Providers who are reimbursed under the mandatory<\/span><\/span><\/span> social health insurance include private dentistries, which has an agreement with the Social Health Insurance Fund, and dental offices at public polyclinics (primary health care organizations).<\/p>\n