The demand for dental care and financial barriers in accessing care among adults in California.
Receiving dental care is positively related to having dental insurance; being female; increasing age; being white, Hispanic or Asian; higher levels of education; higher levels of family income; better health status; and being unmarried. In contrast, being more likely to perceive financial barriers to receiving needed dental care is positively related to lacking dental insurance, being female, being younger, being black or other race, having less education, lower family income, and having worse health status.
Brown
Timothy T
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Petris Center, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94704, USA.
Finlayson
Tracy L
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Fulton
Brent D
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Jahedi
Salar
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018803:Models, Economic; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult