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Association between type of health insurance and dental visits among Ecuadorian older population: evidence from a cross-sectional study.
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Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, Centro de Investigación en Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica (CISPEC), Quito, Ecuador.
Background: Dental services are often overlooked within healthcare systems, despite their critical role in overall health. Socioeconomic barriers and disparities in insurance coverage frequently limit access to oral care, particularly among vulnerable populations like older adults.
Objective: To examine the impact of different health insurance types on the frequency of dental consultations among Ecuadorian senior citizens, aiming to highlight gaps in access to care.
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- The study explores the spatial accessibility of dental clinics in the U.S., revealing that a significant number of people, including specific racial and ethnic groups, lack access to dental care within a 30-minute drive.
- The analysis, based on data from over 205,000 active dentists, identifies about 1.7 million individuals without nearby dental services and 24.7 million living in designated dental care shortage areas.
- Key findings indicate that rural areas face greater accessibility issues compared to urban regions, highlighting disparities tied to socioeconomic factors, racial segregation, and area deprivation.
Evaluating practices toward dental health among primary school children in Rwanda.
BMC Oral Health
November 2024
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Background: Dental diseases pose a global health problem that significantly affects overall well-being and quality of life. They are frequently neglected in many regions, despite the availability of preventive measures and it remains unclear whether these measures are effectively implemented in practice. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate dental health practices among primary school children in both rural and urban areas of Rwanda.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAvailability Of Adult Dental Plans In The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, 2016-23.
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November 2024
Benjamin D. Sommers, Harvard University.
The Affordable Care Act Marketplaces may improve access to dental insurance, but little is known about the availability of such coverage. We used data from state and federal Marketplace sources to describe the availability of adult dental plans, including Stand-alone Dental Plans and those embedded in medical plans. We also examined the characteristics of counties with limited dental insurer participation and those that experienced a net loss of Stand-alone Dental Plan insurers between 2016 and 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImbalances in the oral health workforce: a Canadian population-based study.
BMC Health Serv Res
October 2024
New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT), Keirstead Hall suite 304, Fredericton, E3A 5A3, Canada.
Background: In Canada, a new federal public dental insurance plan, being phased in over 2022-2025, may help enhance financial access to dental services. However, as in many other countries, evidence is limited on the supply and distribution of human resources for oral health (HROH) to meet increasing population needs. This national observational study aimed to quantify occupational, geographical, institutional, and gender imbalances in the Canadian dental workforce to help inform benchmarking of HROH capacity for improving service coverage.
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