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Socioeconomic inequalities in the utilization of dental services among adults in Saudi Arabia by Deema A. Sahab; Mohamed S. Bamashmous; Amitha Ranauta; Vanessa Muirhead is a Dentistry article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background This study used the Anderson Behavioral Model to assess the socioeconomic inequalities in dental services utilization among adults in Saudi Arabia, along with other predictors of utilization, to inform future planning of dental care services. ## Methods This cross-sectional study was a secondary analysis using national data from the 2019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia World Health Survey (KSAWHS). The survey consisted of two interviewer-administered questionnaires: one household and one individual interview. The questions covered predisposing factors (age, gender, marital status, nationality, education, employment), enabling factors (income, household wealth, area-based socioeconomic class, health insurance, eligibility for free governmental health care, transportation and region of residence) and self-reported need for dental treatment. The main outcome was dental utilization in the past year; predisposing, enabling and need factors were independent variables. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses identified significant predictors of dental utilization, applying survey weights to adjust for the complex survey design. Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals an
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- Author
- Deema A. Sahab; Mohamed S. Bamashmous; Amitha Ranauta; Vanessa Muirhead
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Dentistry (Health Sciences)