PMID: 9429815Jan 16, 1998Paper

Insurance status and provision of dental services in Australian private general practice

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
D S BrennanF Szuster

Abstract

Annual expenditure on dental care in Australia amounts to AUD 1.9 billion. Approximately one-third of this expenditure involves private dental insurance, yet little is known about the impact of insurance on the provision of services. The aim of this analysis was to examine differences in dental service provision between insured and non-insured patients. Data collected from a random sample of dentists from a survey conducted in 1993-94 were used, providing 817 responses (response rate 74%). Logistic regression analysis controlling for patient age and sex and reason for visit indicated that in private general practice insured patients were more likely to receive preventive (OR = 1.37), crown and bridge (OR = 2.25), and endodontic services (OR = 1.27), but less likely to receive extraction services (OR = 0.52). However, no significant differences by insurance status were found for diagnostic, restorative, or prosthodontic services in the multivariate models. These differences in service provision by insurance status indicate a more favorable pattern of services for insured patients, and point to equity issues in the provision of services.

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Mar 26, 2003·Journal of Dentistry·D S Brennan, A J Spencer
Aug 16, 2002·Journal of Public Health Dentistry·David S Brennan, A John Spencer
Nov 7, 2001·Australian Dental Journal·D S Brennan, A J Spencer
Oct 25, 2013·BMC Health Services Research·Olga AnikeevaDana N Teusner
Aug 15, 2002·International Journal of Behavioral Medicine·David S Brennan, A John Spencer
Mar 1, 2006·International Journal of Behavioral Medicine·David S Brennan, A John Spencer
Jan 15, 2014·BMC Health Services Research·Xiangqun JuA John Spencer
Feb 9, 2006·Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry·Albert O AdegbemboMary L Chipman
Apr 28, 2005·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·D S Brennan, A J Spencer
Jan 17, 2004·International Dental Journal·D S Brennan, A J Spencer
Jul 23, 2003·International Dental Journal·D S Brennan, A J Spencer
Jan 18, 2007·Journal of Public Health Dentistry·Anne E Sanders, Gary D Slade
Aug 29, 2013·Australian Dental Journal·D S BrennanD N Teusner
Dec 11, 2013·Australian Dental Journal·D N TeusnerE S Gnanamanickam
Nov 6, 2014·International Dental Journal·David S BrennanA John Spencer
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