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National Trends in Dentalcare Utilization, 2018-2021: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Factors Associated with Care

2026-02-09 health economics Title + abstract only
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IntroductionAge-group specific disparities for dentalcare use persist in the United States. The COVID-19 led to delays in non-urgent dentalcare. We provide national estimates on dentalcare use and influencing factors for the U.S. population before and during the COVID-19. MethodsWe used nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for over pre-COVID-19 years (2018-2019) and COVID-19 years (2020-2021) We estimated yearly survey-weighted trends in mean non-zero dental visits by age ...

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