作者
Diego Azañedo, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Mixsi Casas-Bendezú, César Gutiérrez, Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez, Sandra Cortés
发表日期
2017
期刊
F1000Research
卷号
6
出版商
Faculty of 1000 Ltd
简介
Background: Understanding problems of access to oral health services requires knowledge of factors that determine access. This study aimed to evaluate factors that determine access to oral health services among children aged< 12 years in Peru between 2014 and 2015.
Methods: We performed a secondary data analysis of 71,614 Peruvian children aged< 12 years and their caregivers. Data were obtained from the Survey on Demography and Family Health 2014-2015 (Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES). Children’s access to oral health services within the previous 6 months was used as the dependent variable (ie Yes/No), and the Andersen and col model was used to select independent variables. Predisposing (eg, language spoken by tutor or guardian, wealth level, caregivers’ educational level, area of residence, natural region of residence, age, and sex) and enabling factors (eg type of …
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