Implications of demographic and dental disease changes for the financing of geriatric dental services.
As the number of elderly Americans continues to grow in the United States, there is a subsequent shift in the need for dental services. This paper discusses the implications of demographic and disease pattern changes for the financing of dental services for the geriatric population.
D000368:Aged; D003710:Demography; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005850:Geriatric Dentistry; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States