Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental health care among the adult population in Serbia

被引：4

作者：

Corovic, Snezana ^{[1
]}

Janicijevic, Katarina ^{[2
]}

Radovanovic, Snezana ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Vukomanovic, Ivana Simic ^{[2
,4
]}

Mihaljevic, Olgica ^{[5
]}

Djordjevic, Jelena ^{[5
]}

Djordjic, Milan ^{[6
]}

Stajic, Dalibor ^{[7
]}

Djordjevic, Ognjen ^{[4
,8
]}

Djordjevic, Gordana ^{[4
,8
]}

Radovanovic, Jovana ^{[1
]}

Selakovic, Viktor ^{[1
]}

Slovic, Zivana ^{[9
,10
]}

Milicic, Vesna ^{[11
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Kragujevac, Serbia

[2] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Social Med, Kragujevac, Serbia

[3] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Ctr Harm Reduct Biol & Chem Hazards, Kragujevac, Serbia

[4] Inst Publ Hlth, Kragujevac, Serbia

[5] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Pathophysiol, Kragujevac, Serbia

[6] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Commun Skills Eth & Psychol, Kragujevac, Serbia

[7] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Hyg & Ecol, Kragujevac, Serbia

[8] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Epidemiol, Kragujevac, Serbia

[9] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Forens Med, Kragujevac, Serbia

[10] Univ Clin Ctr Kragujevac, Forens Med & Toxicol Serv, Kragujevac, Serbia

[11] Univ Kragujevac, Fac Med Sci, Dept Dermatovenerol, Kragujevac, Serbia

来源：

FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 2023年 / 11卷

关键词：

socioeconomic inequalities; dental healthcare; adults; National Health Survey; Serbia; ORAL-HEALTH; INTERVENTIONS; DETERMINANTS; DISPARITIES; QUALITY;

D O I：

10.3389/fpubh.2023.1244663

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

ObjectivesThe aim of this paper is to assess the association of demografic and socioeconomic determinants with utilization of dental services among Serbian adults.Materials and methodsThe study is a part of the population health research of Serbia, conducted in the period from October to December 2019 by the Institute of Statistics of the Republic of Serbia in cooperation with the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr. Milan JovanovicBatut" and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia. The research was conducted as a descriptive, cross-sectional analytical study on a representative sample of the population of Serbia. For the purposes of this study, data on the adult population aged 20 years and older were used.ResultsMen were approximately 1.8 times more likely than women to not utilize dental healthcare services (OR = 1.81). The likelihood of not utilizing dental healthcare protection rises with increasing age, reaching its peak within the 65-74 age range (OR = 0.441), after which it declines. Individuals who have experienced marital dissolution due to divorce or the death of a spouse exhibit a higher probability of not utilizing health protection (OR = 1.868). As the level of education and wealth diminishes, the probability of abstaining from health protection increases by 5.8 times among respondents with an elementary school education (OR = 5.852) and 1.7 times among the most economically disadvantaged respondents (OR = 1.745). Regarding inactivity, respondents who are not employed have a 2.6-fold higher likelihood of not utilizing oral health care compared to employed respondents (OR = 2.610).ConclusionThe results suggest that individual sociodemographic factors influence utilization of dental services by Serbian adults and confirmed the existence of socioeconomic disparities.

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