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SUBMITTER: Aarabi G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765821 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aarabi Ghazal G Valdez Richelle R Spinler Kristin K Walther Carolin C Seedorf Udo U Heydecke Guido G König Hans-Helmut HH Hajek André A
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190910 18
High costs are an important reason patients postpone dental visits, which can lead to serious medical consequences. However, little is known about the determinants of postponing visits due to financial constraints longitudinally. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of postponing dental visits due to costs in older adults in Germany longitudinally. Data from wave 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe was used. The occurrence of postponed den ...[more]