Open AccessPrevalence and Patterns of Dental Care Utilization among US-Born and Non–US Born Hispanics in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
Author(s) -
Aderonke A. Akinkugbe,
Sarah Raskin,
Erin E. Donahue,
Marston Youngblood,
Nadia Laniado,
Krista M. Perreira
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jdr clinical and translational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.86
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2380-0852
pISSN - 2380-0844
DOI - 10.1177/2380084420923338
Subject(s) - acculturation , dental insurance , odds , medicine , odds ratio , immigration , logistic regression , proxy (statistics) , demography , gerontology , dental care , oral health , quarter (canadian coin) , health care , family medicine , geography , economics , archaeology , pathology , machine learning , sociology , economic growth , computer science
Access to routine dental services is important to maintaining good oral health. The aims of this study were to describe the dental care utilization patterns of a diverse group of Hispanic/Latino men and women and assess differences in dental care utilization by perceived need for dental care and proxy measures of acculturation.