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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Dental insurance visits and expenditures among older adults
Richard J Manski1, Harold S Goodman, Britt C Reid
1Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, 666 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. manski@dental.umaryland.edu
Objectives:
We examined the effect of age, income, and coverage on dental service utilization during 1996.
Methods:
We used data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Results:
Edentulous and poorer older adults are less likely to have coverage and less likely to report a dental visit than dentate or wealthier older adults.
Conclusions:
These analyses help to describe the needs of older adults as they cope with diminishing resources as a consequence of retirement, including persons previously accustomed to accessing oral health services with dental insurance.
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