Dental use and expenditures for older uninsured Americans: the simulated impact of expanded coverage.
Health Serv Res
; 50(1): 117-35, 2015 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-25040355
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine if providing dental insurance to older Americans would close the current gaps in dental use and expenditure between insured and uninsured older Americans. DATA SOURCES/STUDYSETTING:
We used data from the 2008 Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) supplemented by data from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). STUDYDESIGN:
We compared the simulated dental use and expenditures rates of newly insured persons against the corresponding rates for those previously insured. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTIONMETHODS:
The HRS is a nationally representative survey administered by the Institute for Social Research (ISR). The MEPS is a nationally representative household survey sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). PRINCIPALFINDINGS:
We found that expanding dental coverage to older uninsured Americans would close previous gaps in dental use and expense between uninsured and insured noninstitutionalized Americans 55 years and older.CONCLUSIONS:
Providing dental coverage to previously uninsured older adults would produce estimated monthly costs net of markups for administrative costs that comport closely to current market rates. Estimates also suggest that the total cost of providing dental coverage targeted specifically to nonusers of dental care may be less than similar costs for prior users.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
Problema de salud:
1_financiamento_saude
Asunto principal:
Pacientes no Asegurados
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Gastos en Salud
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Servicios de Salud Dental
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Seguro Odontológico
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Serv Res
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Moldova