Dental Insurance Visits and Expenditures Among Older Adults

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ID11020214
AuthorsRichard J Manski (0000-0002-7425-5730, The authors are with the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore. Richard J. Manski is also with the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Md.), Harold S Goodman (The authors are with the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore. Richard J. Manski is also with the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Md.), Britt C Reid (The authors are with the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore. Richard J. Manski is also with the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Md.), Mark D Macek (0000-0002-8677-2719, The authors are with the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore. Richard J. Manski is also with the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Md.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue5
Pages759-764
Publication date2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.5.759
PMID15117697
OpenAlexW2017494749
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited16

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

Dental care · Dental insurance · Environmental health · Family medicine · MEDLINE · Political science · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Gerontology

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