Abstract：
:The objectives of the present study were to investigate the effects of employer-provided dental benefits on the pattern of demand for and utilization of dental services among Hong Kong employees and to analyse whether employees' awareness about an existing dental benefit programme influenced their dental service demand and utilization. Staff from 11 selected companies with and without dental benefits responded to questionnaires concerning their personal factors, demand for dental services, and utilization of dental services and about their awareness of their dental benefit coverage. Overall response rate was 67%. The socio-demographic characteristics of those respondents who were covered and those who were not were similar. Forty per cent of the covered respondents were not aware of their dental benefit coverage, so analysis was performed with three groups of respondents, covered and aware, covered and unaware, and uncovered. A larger proportion of employees in the "aware" group had visited a dentist in the previous 12 months and had visited a dentist for asymptomatic reasons. The "aware" group reported more "low expenditure" items and less "high expenditure" items. Those who were aware of their dental benefit coverage irrespective of the type of scheme reported a significantly higher demand than those who were not aware of their coverage. Demand and utilization of the covered, but unaware, group was more similar to the uncovered group than to the "aware" group. Coverage per se had no apparent effect on the demand for dental services. Further studies will be necessary to establish that higher dental care demand and utilization induced by third party schemes also leads to improved oral health.
journal_name
Community Dent Oral Epidemioljournal_title
Community dentistry and oral epidemiologyauthors
So FH,Schwarz Edoi
10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00842.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-06-01 00:00:00pages
201-6issue
3eissn
0301-5661issn
1600-0528journal_volume
24pub_type
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pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1985.tb01909.x
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/cdoe.12375
更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01085.x
更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1979.tb01210.x
更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1988.tb00575.x
更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/cdoe.12485
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1983.tb01391.x
更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/cdoe.12529
更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00880.x
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1991.tb00136.x
更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1985.tb00414.x
更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1986.tb01074.x
更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:Based on Andersen's healthcare utilization model, the present study examined factors associated with dental service use in older Korean Americans. Focus was on predisposing characteristics (age, gender, marital status, education and region), oral health needs (problems with teeth or gums and self-rated oral ...
journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/cdoe.12464
更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb01701.x
更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1987.tb00516.x
更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01951.x
更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1987.tb01739.x
更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.2008.00453.x
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/cdoe.12421
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00331.x
更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00890.x
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00525.x
更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1978.tb01159.x
更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1994.tb01841.x
更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the degree of fluorosis in the primary dentition and the accompanying caries patterns in groups of preschool-children in high and low fluoride areas. Among 331 coloured children, aged 1-5 years, living in an area with water F concentrations ranging from 2.2 to 4.1 parts/10(6), 82...
journal_title：Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1600-0528.1982.tb00376.x
更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00
