Logistic regression analysis of influencing factors on the oral health services utilization in Nanjing city
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    Objective:To investigate the factors of the oral health services utilization in Nanjing and in order to develope a reasonable and effective oral health care delivery system. Methods:A cross sectional survey was conducted among 1 200 subjects from 6 urban districts in Nanjing selected by stratified,clustering,random sampling. Probability model for dental visits was established by logistic regression. Results:The results of single-factor analysis revealed that marital state,education background,job,income and awareness of oral health were significantly associated with the utilization of oral health services. The results of multi-factor analysis showed that education background,job,income and awareness of oral health had a significant association with accepting rate of oral health services in residents. Conclusion:Education background,job,income and awareness of oral health may influence the oral health services utilization.

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FU Yuan-yuan, SHEN Jia-ping, WANG Zhan-wei, WANG Yi-jun, CHEN Ning. Logistic regression analysis of influencing factors on the oral health services utilization in Nanjing city[J].,2009,29(12):1802-1806.

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  • Received:May 26,2009
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