Open AccessDental Service Utilization: Patterns and Barriers among Rural Elderly in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh
Author(s) -
Vikram Simha Bommireddy,
Krishna Mohan Koka,
Srinivas Pachava,
Suresh Sanikommu,
Srinivas Ravoori,
Viswa Chaitanya Chandu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17834.7456
Subject(s) - medicine , cluster sampling , rural area , promotion (chess) , population , health care , gerontology , stratified sampling , oral health , environmental health , family medicine , pathology , politics , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The biological process of ageing is outside human control and has its own dynamics. It is a known fact that elderly people have more treatment needs compared to the younger population and at the same time elderly people are facing a multitude of barriers in utilization of health care as well as oral health care.