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May 2004, Vol 94, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 759-764
© 2004 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Dental Insurance Visits and Expenditures Among Older Adults

Richard J. Manski, DDS, PhD, MBA, Harold S. Goodman, DMD, MPH, Britt C. Reid, DDS, PhD and Mark D. Macek, DDS, DrPh

The authors are with the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore. Richard J. Manski is also with the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Richard J. Manski, University of Maryland School of Dentistry Department of Health Promotion and Policy, 666 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (e-mail: manski{at}dental.umaryland.edu).

Objectives. We examined the effect of age, income, and coverage on dental service utilization during 1996.

Methods. We used data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Results. Edentulous and poorer older adults are less likely to have coverage and less likely to report a dental visit than dentate or wealthier older adults.

Conclusions. These analyses help to describe the needs of older adults as they cope with diminishing resources as a consequence of retirement, including persons previously accustomed to accessing oral health services with dental insurance.




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