ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Determinants of Postponed Dental Visits Due to Costs: Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Germany.
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- Decision-making regarding dental treatments - What factors matter from patients' perspective? A systematic review.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
- Self-Reported Items That Predict the Risk of Oral Health Deterioration and the Need for Dental Referral in Older People: A Systematic Review.Gerodontology · 2025Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Dental Service Use Based on the Andersen Model: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The association between predisposing, enabling and need factors and oral health care utilization among U.S. working age adults.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Determinants of the number of dental visits in the general adult population in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Determinants of dental treatment avoidance: findings from a nationally representative study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Development and implementation of a patient assistance fund: a descriptive study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Postponed Dental Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Correlates. Evidence from the Nationally Representative COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany (COSMO).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
High costs are an important reason patients postpone dental visits, which can lead to serious medical consequences. However, little is known about the determinants of postponing visits due to financial constraints longitudinally. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of postponing dental visits due to costs in older adults in Germany longitudinally. Data from wave 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe was used. The occurrence of postponed dental visits due to costs in the last 12 months served as the outcome measure. Socioeconomic and health-related explanatory variables were included. Conditional fixed effects logistic regression models were used (n = 362). Regressions showed that the likelihood of postponing dental visits due to costs increased with lower age, less chronic disease, and lower income. The outcome measure was neither associated with marital status nor self-rated health. Identifying the factors associated with postponed dental visits due to costs might help to mitigate this challenge. In the long term, this might help to maintain the well-being of older individuals.
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