Examining dental expenditure and dental insurance accounting for probability of incurring expenses

ConclusionAccounting for the probability of incurring dental expenses, and other explanatory factors, insured working‐aged adults had (on average) approximately 60% higher individual dental service expenditures than uninsured adults. The analytical approach adopted in this study is useful for estimating effects on dental expenditure when a variable is associated with both the probability of visiting for care, and with the types of services received.

Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 30, 2016 Category: Dentistry Authors: Dana Teusner, Valerie Smith, Emmanuel Gnanamanickam, David Brennan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research