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Insurance coverage expansion and inequalities in unmet oral healthcare needs in Korea: Repeated cross-sectional analysis, 2007-2015.

Nam-Hee KimIchiro Kawachi
Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2020)
Income-based inequalities in unmet dental needs persisted among older women in Korea despite the insurance expansion. By contrast, after the 2012 insurance expansion, the absolute and relative inequality in unmet dental needs decreased for young and middle-aged as well as older adults.
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