An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries.
Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn FoláyanMaha El TantawiJorma I VirtanenCarlos Alberto FeldensMaher RashwanArthur M KemoliRita VillenaOla B Al-BataynehRosa AmaliaBalgis GaffarSimin Z MohebbiArheiam ArheiamHamideh DaryanavardAna VukovicRobert J Schrothnull nullPublished 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.