Journal Article

Comparative models of primary dental and medical service usage

Authors

Publication date

2007

Abstract

Objectives: To compare socioeconomic, demographic and health behaviour predictors of primary dental and medical service use.
Methods: Nationally representative self-report data from the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 (15,791 respondents included) British Household Panel Surveys (BHPS M and N waves), including information about dental examinations and reports (DEs) and General Medical Practitioner consultations (GPCs), were analysed using chi-square tests and logistic regression models.
Results: 64.5% of respondents in 2004-5 (9395 of 14559) reported having a DE compared to 38.0% (5,614 of 14,755) who reported three or more GPCs in the previous 12 months. Chi-square analyses showed that all socioeconomic (educational qualification, household income, social class), demographic (age, gender, marital status) and health factors (sight test in previous year, smoking, private health insurance status, service use in 2003-4) were all significantly correlated (p

Published in

Journal of Dental Research

Volume

86 (Special Issue B): 131-?

Subjects

Health, Surveys, and Social Stratification

Links

http://serlib0.essex.ac.uk/record=b1643826

Notes

Online in A/S except current year; Citation info. from author (couldn't actually see it in Jnl.Den.Res. - but special issue may not be listed) JCI; Albert Sloman Library Periodicals *restricted to Univ. Essex registered users*

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