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Impact Of Making Dental Care Affordable On Quality Of Life In Adults Aged 45 Years And Older, Shillpa Naavaal, Susan O. Griffin, Judith A. Jones
Impact Of Making Dental Care Affordable On Quality Of Life In Adults Aged 45 Years And Older, Shillpa Naavaal, Susan O. Griffin, Judith A. Jones
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Objective:
The objective of this study was to examine the associations between self-reported ability to afford dental care and quality of life in adults aged 45 years and older.
Method:
We used publicly available cross-sectional data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey and its oral health supplement for 11,760 adults aged 45+ years. The increased probabilities of reporting dental problems attributable to an inability to afford dental care were estimated from multivariate models and combined with respective dental problem disability weights from the Global Burden of Disease to measure loss in quality of life.
Results:
Prevalence of reported inability …