Factors associated with the use of oral health care services among seniors in Canada
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| Last Updated | August 23, 2024, 17:36 (UTC) |
| Created | August 20, 2024, 23:36 (UTC) |
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Domain / Topic
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Social Services |
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Abstract Background This study explores the link between dental insurance, income, and oral health care access among seniors (aged 65 and over) in Canada. It contributes to the understanding of oral health care among seniors before the implementation of the Canadian Dental Care Plan. Data and methods This study uses data from the 2019/2020 Canadian Health Survey on Seniors (n=41,635) to report descriptive statistics and logistic regression model results and examine factors associated with seniors living in the community and access to oral health care services. Results At the time of the survey (2019/2020), 72.5% of seniors in Canada reported having had a dental visit in the past 12 months, with 83.0% of insured and 65.3% of uninsured seniors reporting visits. Seniors reporting excellent or very good oral health had a higher prevalence of visits (79.2%) compared with those with good, fair, or poor oral health (62.3%). Among seniors who had not visited a dental professional in three years, 56.3% deemed it unnecessary, and 30.8% identified cost as the major barrier. After sociodemographic characteristics were controlled for, insured seniors were more likely to have had a dental visit in the past 12 months (adjusted odds ratio [OR]: 2.27; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.03 to 2.54) and were less likely to avoid dental visits because of cost (OR: 0.18; 95% CI: 0.12 to 0.28) compared with their uninsured counterparts. Interpretation This study underscores the role of dental insurance in seniors’ oral health care access. While insurance is associated with seniors’ access to oral health care services, the study also emphasizes the need to consider social determinants of oral health such as income, gender, age, level of education, and place of residence when assessing oral health care access for seniors. Keywords dental insurance, oral health care access, dental professional, Canadian Dental Care Plan Authors Juliana V. Gondro, Janine Clarke and Yannick Fortin are with the Centre for Direct Health Measures at Statistics Canada. Kellie Murphy is with the Health Analysis Division at Statistics Canada. |
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
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.pdf - application/pdf |
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Dataset Size
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0.636088 |
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Metadata Identifier
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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/82-003-x/2024006/article/00002-eng.pdf?st=EEBgIsNP |
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Published Date
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2024-06-06 |
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Time Period Data Span (start date)
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2019-01-01 |
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
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2020-12-31 |
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
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Canada |
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Access category
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Open |
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Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement |
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Limits on use
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Subject to Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement |
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Location
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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2024006/article/00002-eng.htm |
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Owner
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Statistics Canada |
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Contact Point
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infostats@statcan.gc.ca |
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Publisher
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Statistics Canada |
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Publisher Email
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infostats@statcan.gc.ca |
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Statistics Canada |
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infostats@statcan.gc.ca |
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Accessed At
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2024-08-20 |
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Identifier
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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2024006/article/00002-eng.htm |
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Language
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English |
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Link to dataset description
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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2024006/article/00002-eng.pdf |
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Persistent Identifier
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Yes |
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Globally Unique Identifier
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Yes |
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Contains data about individuals
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No |
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
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No |
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Contains Indigenous Data
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Release date: June 19, 2024 |
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Source
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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2024006/article/00002-eng.pdf |
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Number of data rows
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100 |
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Number of data columns
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9 |
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900 |
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