The potential oral health impact of cost barriers to dental care: findings from a Canadian population-based study

BACKGROUND: Prior to the 2007/09 Canadian Health Measures Survey, there was no nationally representative clinical data on the oral health of Canadians experiencing cost barriers to dental care. The aim of this study was to determine the oral health status and dental treatment needs of Canadians repo...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Brandy, Cooney, Peter, Lawrence, Herenia, Ravaghi, Vahid, Quiñonez, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4079168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-78
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author Thompson, Brandy
Cooney, Peter
Lawrence, Herenia
Ravaghi, Vahid
Quiñonez, Carlos
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description BACKGROUND: Prior to the 2007/09 Canadian Health Measures Survey, there was no nationally representative clinical data on the oral health of Canadians experiencing cost barriers to dental care. The aim of this study was to determine the oral health status and dental treatment needs of Canadians reporting cost barriers to dental care. METHODS: A secondary data analysis of the 2007/09 Canadian Health Measures Survey was undertaken using a sample of 5,586 Canadians aged 6 to 79. Chi square tests were conducted to test the association between reporting cost barriers to care and oral health outcomes. Logistic regressions were conducted to identify predictors of reporting cost barriers. RESULTS: Individuals who reported cost barriers to dental care had poorer oral health and more treatment needs compared to their counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Avoiding dental care and/or foregoing recommended treatment because of cost may contribute to poor oral health. This study substantiates the potential likelihood of progressive dental problems caused by an inability to treat existing conditions due to financial barriers.
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spelling pubmed-40791682014-07-03 The potential oral health impact of cost barriers to dental care: findings from a Canadian population-based study Thompson, Brandy Cooney, Peter Lawrence, Herenia Ravaghi, Vahid Quiñonez, Carlos BMC Oral Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Prior to the 2007/09 Canadian Health Measures Survey, there was no nationally representative clinical data on the oral health of Canadians experiencing cost barriers to dental care. The aim of this study was to determine the oral health status and dental treatment needs of Canadians reporting cost barriers to dental care. METHODS: A secondary data analysis of the 2007/09 Canadian Health Measures Survey was undertaken using a sample of 5,586 Canadians aged 6 to 79. Chi square tests were conducted to test the association between reporting cost barriers to care and oral health outcomes. Logistic regressions were conducted to identify predictors of reporting cost barriers. RESULTS: Individuals who reported cost barriers to dental care had poorer oral health and more treatment needs compared to their counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Avoiding dental care and/or foregoing recommended treatment because of cost may contribute to poor oral health. This study substantiates the potential likelihood of progressive dental problems caused by an inability to treat existing conditions due to financial barriers. BioMed Central 2014-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4079168/ /pubmed/24962622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-78 Text en Copyright © 2014 Thompson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-14-78
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