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Dental Care Utilization for Examination and Regional Deprivation [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2015
Objectives: Receiving proper dental care plays a significant role in maintaining good oral health. We investigated the relationship between regional deprivation and dental care utilization. Methods: Multilevel logistic regression was used to identify the
Cheol-Sin Kim, Sun-Young Han, Seung Eun Lee, Jeong-Hee Kang, Chul-Woung Kim   +4 more
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Socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in dental care utilization among Thai older adults: trends and determinants, 2009–2021 [PDF]

BMC Oral Health
Background Despite Thailand’s universal healthcare coverage, socioeconomic and geographic disparities in dental care utilization persist, particularly among older adults.
Tewarit Somkotra, Nhan Thu Le Truong, Kausar Sadia Fakhruddin, Pagaporn Pantuwadee Pisarnturakit   +3 more
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To appreciate the influence of contributed determinants on dental care utilization in the context of socio-economic inequalities [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background To appreciate dental care utilization in ‌the context of socio-economic inequalities, it is imperative to identify sources of inequalities and evaluate the extent to which dental care utilization is still related to socio-economic status. This
Aydin Joudi, Katayoun Sargeran, Hossein Hessari   +2 more
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Factors associated with dental care utilization among Iranian adult populations based on Anderson model [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background The utilization of dental care is affected by different factors. Despite the importance of dental care, there are significant disparities in its utilization among various population groups.
Ashkan Negintaji Zardak, Mostafa Amini-Rarani, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Faezeh Eslamipour, Bahareh Tahani   +4 more
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County‐level correlates of dental service utilization for low income pregnant women. Ecologic study of the North Carolina Medicaid for Pregnant Women (MPW) program

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Dental care utilization for low income pregnant women is met with challenges in the traditional dentist-centered model of care. County-level measures provide insights for policy and roles for stakeholders that extend beyond the dentist-patient
Mark E. Moss, Andrew Grodner, Ananda P. Dasanayake, Cherry M. Beasley   +3 more
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Factors associated with women's autonomy regarding dental health care utilization in Bengaluru - A cross sectional study

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2022
Background: Preventive dental care benefits people of all ages and genders' oral health. Among many conceptual implications, autonomy suggests the power to alter one's fate and environment, among other things.
B K Aparna, R Yashoda, Manjunath P Puranik   +2 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in dental care utilization in Iran: a decomposition approach

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Purpose Socioeconomic inequalities in dental care utilization in Iran are rarely documented. This study aimed to provide insight into socioeconomic inequalities in dental care utilization and its main contributing factors among Iranian households. Design/
Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Yahya Salimi   +3 more
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Utilization of dental health-care services by accredited social health activist and anganwadi workers in lucknow district: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2022
Background: Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Anganwadi workers are grassroots-level health activists who are involved in health education and community mobilization and form a bond between the community and the primary health-care delivery ...
Dyashwari Devi Khoisnam, L Vamsi Krishna Reddy, Pooja M Sinha, B S Goutham, Sonali Saha   +4 more
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Dental health status, dentist visiting, and dental insurance of Asian immigrants in Canada

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Objective This study examined the dental care utilization and self-preserved dental health of Asian immigrants relative to non-immigrants in Canada. Factors associated with oral health-related disparities between Asian immigrants and other Canadians were
Qianqian Li, Yu Wang, John C. Knight, Yanqing Yi, Sara Ozbek, Matin Shariati, Peizhong Peter Wang, Yun Zhu   +7 more
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Health and Dental Insurance and Health Care Utilization Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With CKD: Findings From the CKiD Cohort StudyPlain-Language Summary

Kidney Medicine, 2022
Rationale & Objective: To understand the association between health and dental insurance status and health and dental care utilization, and their relationship with disease severity in a population with childhood-onset chronic kidney disease (CKD ...
Andrea R. Molino, Maria Lourdes G. Minnick, Judith Jerry-Fluker, Jacqueline Karita Muiru, Sara A. Boynton, Susan L. Furth, Bradley A. Warady, Derek K. Ng   +7 more
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