Researchers at University of Antofagasta Release New Data on Managed Care (Socioeconomic Inequalities In Dental Visits Among High School Students In Chile, Years 2013 and 2017): Managed Care

2023 JUN 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting originating in Antofagasta, Chile, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “To analyze prevalence changes in dental visits and socioeconomic inequalities among high school students in Chile, years 2013 and 2017. Analysis of nationally representative data from 2013 and 2017 waves of the Chilean National Socioeconomic Characterization Survey (CASEN).”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Antofagasta, “In a sample of high school students aged 14 to 20 years old (n=12699 in 2013; n=11122 in 2017) we investigated prevalence of dental visits in the last 3 months, by urban-rural residence, sex, type of health insurance, type of school, income level and benefit of dental care at school. For inequality analysis we estimated prevalence ratio of dental visits in the last 3 months ac-cording to study variables. There was a significant increase in the prevalence of dental visits in the last 3 months and the receipt of dental care at school between years 2013 and 2017. The highest prevalence of dental visits in the last 3 months was found among students living in urban residence, women, with private insurance, in the highest income level, that attended private schools. Inequalities persist but the gap associated with type of residence, health insurance and between the lowest income quintiles decreased over the years.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The Comprehensive Dental Care for senior year high school students, a public policy that began in 2015 in Chile, could have aided the gap reduction and the increase in visits to the dentist in the last 3 months in this group.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Socioeconomic Inequalities In Dental Visits Among High School Students In Chile, Years 2013 and 2017. Community Dental Health, 2023. Community Dental Health can be contacted at: F D I World Dental Press Ltd, 5 Battery Green Rd, Lowestoft NR32 1 De, Suffolk, England.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Constanza Garrido-Urrutia, University of Antofagasta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Dept. of Dentistry, Antofagasta, Chile. Additional authors for this research include Catalina Tapia-Pinto and Marco Cornejo-Ovalle.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1922/CDH_00276Garrido-Urrutia05. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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