Table 5.
Estimated Coefficients for Actual Year 1 Use of Preventive Dental Care In Logistic and OLS Regressions for Year 2 Components of Medical Care Use and Expenditure, Dentate Individuals 50 Years and Older: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2008–2013
| Dependent Variables | Year 1 Actual Use of Preventive Dental Care |
|---|---|
| Likelihood of Year 2 Medical Care Use or Expense | Logistic Regression Coefficients (Standard Errors) |
| Any Health Care Expense | 0.881** (0.179) |
| Any Office-based Provider Visits | 0.445** (0.095) |
| Any Outpatient Provider Visits | 0.267** (0.064) |
| Any Non-MD, Non-Facility Outpatient Expense | 0.313** (0.072) |
| Any Emergency Room Visits | −0.053 (0.074) |
| Any Hospital Discharges | −0.098 (0.088) |
| Any Prescription Medications | 0.253** (0.083) |
| Log of Year 2 Medical Care Expenditures and Use Conditional on Use | Ordinary Least Square Coefficients (Standard Errors) |
| Total Health Care Expense | 0.095** (0.035) |
| No. of Office-Based Provider Visits | 0.164** (0.029) |
| Office-Based Provider Visit Expense | 0.181** (0.033) |
| No. of Outpatient Provider Visits | 0.079 (0.046) |
| Outpatient Provider Visit and Facility Expense | 0.086 (0.099) |
| Non-MD, Non-Facility Outpatient Expense | 0.034 (0.104) |
| No. of Emergency Room Visits | 0.002 (0.027) |
| ER Facility and Doctor Expense | −0.037 (0.091) |
| No. of Hospital Discharges | 0.013 (0.030) |
| Hospital Inpatient Facility and MD Expense | 0.038 (0.114) |
| No. of Prescription Medications | −0.042 (0.039) |
| Prescription Medicine Expense | −0.084 (0.062) |
Note. The sample size for the logistic regressions in the first panel of the table for any medical use or expense of a given type was based on a sample size of 14,724 dentate persons 50 years and older with positive–valued weights in both years they were in the survey. Medical expenditure in the second year the person was in the MEPS were inflated to 2014 by the medical services component of the Consumer Price Index. The reference group for actual use of preventive dental care is none. Other explanatory variables in the equations are the same as in Table 3. All explanatory variables not shown are measured as of the first year the person was in the MEPS.
Indicates statistical significance at the 1% level.
Indicates statistical significance at the 5% level.