Explaining public dental service utilization: A theoretical model.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Constructing and validating a theoretical model of relationships between dental services use and socioeconomic characteristics, oral health status, primary care coverage, and public dental services.

Methods

The first stage of the study consisted of developing a theoretical-conceptual model to demonstrate the expected relationships between variables based on the literature. In the second stage, we tested the proposed theoretical model using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique, using data from the Brazilian National Health Survey conducted in 2019 with a sample of 41,664 individuals aged 15 or older.

Results

This study successfully defined a theoretical model that explains the systematic relationships involving public de

SUBMITTER: Galvao MHR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473501 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature