Income-related Inequalities in Dental Service Utilization by Europeans Aged 50+

Abstract

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Inequalities in Dental Attendance throughout the Life-course

“…A recent paper (Listl, 2011) has documented income-related inequalities in dental service utilization for several elderly generations in Europe. While inequalities were evident for all countries examined, these could not be explained by contemporaneous differences in health care systems.…”

Socio-demographic profile of child and adolescent users of oral health services in Victoria, Australia

“…While there is some disagreement on how inequalities operate, use of dental health services is one of the pathways 22 , understanding geographic (rural vs. urban) as well as economic (using type of health card as proxy for income) variations in health outcomes provides important inputs for health care provision and policy making 23 . Additionally, using language spoken at home as a proxy of acculturation suggest that the cultural construct might have a link with the oral health experience.…”

Factors associated with Regular Dental Attendance among White-collar Workers

“…We selected gender, age and family income as adjustment factors as these factors have been reported to be associated with regular dental attendance [2,4,[6][7][8][9][10][11]. Moreover, work environment [14,15], lifestyle [16][17][18] and oral hygiene behaviour [19,20] were included as questionnaire components because these factors have been reported as factors associated with dental diseases or regular dental attendance.…”

“…Although gender, age and income have been reported as associated factors with regular dental attendance [2,4,[6][7][8][9][10][11], few reports have discussed a relationship between work environment, lifestyle and oral hygiene behaviour. Factors such as gender, age and income are difficult to control.…”