Do welfare regimes matter for oral health? A multilevel analysis of European countries

Health & Place
Carol C Guarnizo-HerreñoGeorgios Tsakos

Abstract

While the role of political factors on population health has recently received increasing attention, relatively little is known in that respect for oral health. We aimed to assess the influence of welfare state regimes on the variation in adult oral health between European countries, building on the existing literature by using a multilevel approach. Our analysis also explored how the oral health of people with different socioeconomic position was influenced by living in five different welfare state regimes. We analysed data from the Eurobarometer survey 2009. The main outcome was no functional dentition, defined as having fewer than 20 natural teeth. Age, gender, marital status, education and occupational social class were the individual-level explanatory variables, while welfare regimes, GDP per capita and GDP annual growth were the country-level variables. Multilevel logistic regression models were fitted with individuals nested within countries. Results revealed that country-level characteristics accounted for 8.1% of the variation in oral health. Adults in all welfare regimes were more likely to have poorer oral health than their counterparts in the Scandinavian regime, with those in Eastern countries being 6.94 (95% CI: 3...Continue Reading

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Jun 22, 2018·American Journal of Public Health·Maha El TantawiGillian H M Lee
Sep 14, 2018·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Carol C Guarnizo-HerreñoGeorgios Tsakos
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