A Research Note on Transitions in Out-of-Pocket Spending on Dental Services.

TitleA Research Note on Transitions in Out-of-Pocket Spending on Dental Services.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsManski, RJ, Moeller, JF, Chen, H, Hyde, JSchimmel, Pepper, JV, St Clair, PA
JournalRes Aging
Volume37
Issue6
Pagination646-66
Date Published2015 Aug
ISSN Number1552-7573
KeywordsAged, Aged, 80 and over, Dental Care, Female, Health Expenditures, Humans, Insurance, Dental, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, United States
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We analyze correlates of the direction and magnitude of changes in out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for dental care by older Americans over a recent 4-year period.

METHODS: We analyzed data from the 2006 and 2008 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. We estimated multinomial logistic models of the direction and linear regression models of the amounts of OOP changes over survey periods.

RESULTS: Financial-based factors were more strongly associated with the direction and magnitude of changing self-payments for dental care than were health factors.

DISCUSSION: Findings suggested that dental coverage, income, and wealth and changes in these financial factors were more strongly correlated with the persistence of and changes in OOP payments for dental care over time than were health status and changes in health status. The sensitivity to dental coverage changes should be considered as insurance and retirement policy reforms are deliberated.
URLhttp://roa.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/10/03/0164027514552681.abstract
DOI10.1177/0164027514552681
User Guide Notes

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25651590?dopt=Abstract
Endnote Keywords

dental insurance/coverage/dental use/self-payments/Out of pocket costs
Endnote ID

999999
Alternate JournalRes Aging
Citation Key8153
PubMed ID25651590
PubMed Central IDPMC4387101
Grant ListR01 DE021678 / DE / NIDCR NIH HHS / United States
U01 AG009740 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01DE021678 / DE / NIDCR NIH HHS / United States
U01AG009740 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States