An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries.

Morenike Oluwatoyin FolayanMaha El TantawiJorma I VirtanenCarlos Alberto FeldensMaher RashwanArthur M KemoliRita VillenaOla B Al-BataynehRosa AmaliaBalgis GaffarSimin Z MohebbiArheiam ArheiamHamideh DaryanavardAna VukovicRobert J Schrothnull null

Published in: BMC oral health (2021)

Higher expenditure on health care may be associated with lower prevalence of ECC and may be a more viable approach to reducing early childhood oral health disparities than UHC alone. The findings suggest that currently, UHC is weakly associated with lower global prevalence of ECC.

Keyphrases

oral health
healthcare
risk factors
affordable care act
public health
health insurance
mental health
health information
human health