title: Countries with public dental care coverage have lower social inequalities in the use of dental services than countries without such coverage.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental care services in Europe: what is the role of public coverage? Palència L, Espelt A, Cornejo-Ovalle M, Borrell C.Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2014;42:97-105.
  
  
  METHODS
  Stefan Listl, Priv-Doz, Dr rer pol, Dr med dent, MSc
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors analyzed samples of persons age 50 years or older from 11 European countries to examine whether social inequalities in dental care use are lower in countries with than in countries without public dental care coverage.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  None
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 3: Other evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors: Associate Professor, Heidelberg University, Health Economics Research Unit, Department of Conservative Dentistry, ImNeuenheimer Feld 400 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: stefan.listl@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
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mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*