More children are unable to get dental care than any other single health service.
Data from the National Health Interview Survey provide information on the access and unmet need for health care services for children through seventeen years of age by selected sociodemographic variables and the availability of health insurance. Dental care unmet needs are the single most frequently reported health need. Recent legislation that increases health insurance for children improves the possible availability for care, but there are problems.
Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY 11794-8706, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003740:Dental Clinics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005190:Family; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D011203:Poverty; D011331:Private Practice; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D019037:Urban Health Services