Qiu Yue, Ni Hanyu
Adv Data. 2003 Jun 10(336):1-11.
This report describes national estimates of dental care service utilization and unmet dental care needs due to cost for six Asian ethnic subgroups and the native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) population.
Combined data from the 1997-2000 National Health Interview Surveys (NHISs), conducted by the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Health Statistics, were analyzed to produce estimates for Asians and NHOPIs aged 2 years and over. Information on dental care service utilization and unmet dental care needs due to cost was self-reported by persons aged 18 years and over. For children aged 2-17 years, the information was collected from an adult who was knowledgeable about the child's health.
Approximately 64% of Asian and 56% NHOPI persons had visited a dentist at least once in the past year. Utilization of dental care services, however, varies significantly by ethnic subgroup. Asian Indians were most likely to have never had a dental visit and the NHOPIs were most likely to experience unmet dental care needs in the past year. Among adults, Japanese Americans (68.2%) were most likely and NHOPIs (49.3%) were least likely to have had a dental visit in the past year. Underutilization of dental care services was most prevalent among Asian adults with poor or near poor poverty status, without health insurance coverage, and who had resided in the United States for less than 5 years. Among children, NHOPIs (82.0%) were most likely and Asian Indians (60.1%) were least likely to have had a dental visit in the past year. Underutilization was most prevalent among Asian children who were not living with their parents or living with a single parent, who had no insurance coverage, who had poor or near poor poverty status, and whose parents had less than 12 years of education.
Utilization of dental care services and unmet dental care needs due to cost vary among the Asian ethnic subgroups and the NHOPI population.
本报告描述了对六个亚洲族裔亚群体以及夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民（NHOPI）人群的牙科护理服务利用率和因费用导致的未满足牙科护理需求的全国性估计。
对疾病控制中心国家卫生统计中心进行的1997 - 2000年全国健康访谈调查（NHISs）的合并数据进行分析，以得出2岁及以上亚洲人和NHOPI人群的估计数。18岁及以上人群自行报告了有关牙科护理服务利用率和因费用导致的未满足牙科护理需求的信息。对于2 - 17岁的儿童，信息是从了解孩子健康情况的成年人那里收集的。
在过去一年中，约64%的亚洲人和56%的NHOPI人群至少看过一次牙医。然而，牙科护理服务的利用率因族裔亚群体而异。印度裔亚洲人最有可能从未看过牙医，而NHOPI人群在过去一年中最有可能有未满足的牙科护理需求。在成年人中，日裔美国人（68.2%）在过去一年中最有可能看过牙医，而NHOPI人群（49.3%）最不可能看过牙医。牙科护理服务利用不足在贫困或接近贫困、没有医疗保险且在美国居住不到5年的亚洲成年人中最为普遍。在儿童中，NHOPI人群（82.0%）在过去一年中最有可能看过牙医，而印度裔亚洲人（60.1%）最不可能看过牙医。利用不足在与父母不住在一起或与单亲生活在一起、没有保险、贫困或接近贫困且父母教育年限少于12年的亚洲儿童中最为普遍。
亚洲族裔亚群体和NHOPI人群在牙科护理服务的利用率以及因费用导致的未满足牙科护理需求方面存在差异。
