| Literature DB >> 15623862 |
Marvin Marcus1, Carl A Maida, Ian D Coulter, James R Freed, Claudia Der-Martirosian, Honghu Liu, Benjamin A Freed, Norma Guzmán-Becerra, Ronald M Andersen.
Abstract
This longitudinal study examines perceived unmet dental need in a nationally representative probability sample of HIV-infected persons in medical care. A logistic regression analysis modeled the relationship between unmet need and explanatory variables. We estimate that 40% of HIV/AIDS patients report an unmet need associated with being male, being unemployed, injecting drugs, being heterosexual, lacking dental insurance, and having less education. Disparities in unmet need are related to socioeconomic status rather than to disease stage or ethnicity.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15623862 PMCID: PMC1449854 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.025403
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308