Healthcare Administration, School of Business, University of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA.
J Rural Health. 2013 Winter;29(1):30-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00440.x. Epub 2012 Oct 22.
To examine the differences in oral health status among residents of high-poverty counties, as compared to residents of other rural or urban counties, specifically on the prevalence of edentulism.
We used the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the 2006 Area Resource File (ARF). All analyses were conducted with SAS and SAS-callable SUDAAN, in order to account for weighting and the complex sample design.
Characteristics significantly related to edentulism include: geographic location, gender, race, age, health status, employment, insurance, not having a usual source of care, education, marital status, presence of chronic disease, having an English interview, not deferring care due to cost, income, and dentist saturation within the county.
Significant associations between high-poverty rural and other rural counties and edentulism were found, and other socioeconomic and health status indicators remain strong predictors of edentulism.
调查高贫困县居民与其他农村或城市县居民的口腔健康状况差异，特别是在无牙颌患病率方面。
我们使用了 2005 年行为风险因素监测系统（BRFSS）和 2006 年地区资源文件（ARF）。所有分析均使用 SAS 和 SAS 可调用的 SUDAAN 进行，以考虑权重和复杂样本设计。
与无牙颌显著相关的特征包括：地理位置、性别、种族、年龄、健康状况、就业、保险、没有常规医疗来源、教育、婚姻状况、慢性病存在、英语访谈、不因费用而推迟治疗、收入以及县内牙医饱和度。
发现高贫困农村和县与其他农村县之间存在显著关联，其他社会经济和健康状况指标仍然是无牙颌的强烈预测因素。
