The relationship between subjective oral frailty and adverse health outcomes or medical and dental expenditures in the latter-stage older adult: A 6-year longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between subjective oral frailty and adverse health outcomes or medical and dental expenditures in the latter-stage older adult through a 6-year longitudinal study.

Methods

The participants enrolled in the cross-sectional study were 3564 Tokushima City residents aged 75, 80, 85, and 90 years old who received oral health examinations and who responded to a questionnaire on oral conditions and health behavior at baseline. The data for the occurrence of disability or mortality, and the monthly medical expenditures, dental expenditures, and total medical expenditure of each participant were obtained from the National Health Insurance Database.

Results

The total medical expenditure showed significant differences in

SUBMITTER: Doi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10098288 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature