Socio-Economic Disparities in Dental Health and Dental Care Utilisation Among Older Chinese.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dental care is mostly excluded from healthcare coverage in China. This study examines disparities in dental care and in the costs of such care, according to insurance type and socio-economic status, among Chinese older adults.

Methods

The data were obtained from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). A final sample of 5,230 respondents was included, with a mean age of 72 years. Edentulousness, any dental visit and per-patient dental care expenditure were used as outcome variables. Both unweighted and weighted logistic regression analyses were used to examine the association of socio-economic status (education, insurance type and income) associated with edentulousness and use of dental care.

Results

We found that 28% of Chinese o

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature