By: M.; Maida Marcus, C. A.; Coulter, I. D.; Freed, J. R.; Der-Martirosian, C.; Liu, H.; Freed, B. A.; Guzman-Becerra, N.; Andersen, R. M.
Publication Name: Am J Public Health
Year: 2005
This longitudinal study examines perceived unmet dental need in a nationally representative probability sample of HIV-infected persons in medical care. A logistic regression analysis modeled the relationship between unmet need and explanatory variables. We estimate that 40% of HIV/AIDS patients report an unmet need associated with being male, being unemployed, injecting drugs, being heterosexual, lacking dental insurance, and having less education. Disparities in unmet need are related to socioeconomic status rather than to disease stage or ethnicity.
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