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.

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FIGURE 1 Population distribution by family income and age group.
Note. FPL = federal poverty level.
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FIGURE 2 Prevalence of dental insurance coverage, by age group.
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FIGURE 3 Prevalence of reporting a dental visit during 1996, by age group.
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