New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Feb;102(2):253-5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300420. Epub 2011 Dec 15.
We assessed the proportion and characteristics of patients who do not regularly visit general health care providers but do visit dentists and whose unaddressed systemic health conditions could therefore be identified by their dentist. Of the 26.0% of children and 24.1% of adults that did not access general outpatient health care in 2008, 34.7% and 23.1%, respectively, visited a dentist. They varied by census region, family income, and sociodemographics. Dental practices can serve as alternate sites of opportunity to identify health concerns among diverse groups of US patients.
我们评估了不经常看普通保健医生但经常看牙医的患者的比例和特征，这些患者的未解决的系统性健康问题可能会被他们的牙医发现。在 2008 年，26.0%的儿童和 24.1%的成年人没有接受普通门诊医疗服务，其中分别有 34.7%和 23.1%的人看了牙医。他们的情况因人口普查区域、家庭收入和社会人口统计学因素而异。牙科诊所可以作为机会的替代场所，以识别美国不同群体患者的健康问题。
