Private dental insurance expenditure in Brazil
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To quantify the household expenditure per capita and to estimate the percentage of Brazilian households that have spent with dental insurance. METHODS We analyzed data from 55,970 households that participated in the research Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares in 2008–2009. We h...
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| author | Andreia Morales Cascaes Maria Beatriz Junqueira de Camargo Eduardo Dickie de Castilhos lexandre Emídio Ribeiro Silva Aluísio J D Barros |
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| description | ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To quantify the household expenditure per capita and to estimate the percentage of Brazilian households that have spent with dental insurance. METHODS We analyzed data from 55,970 households that participated in the research Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares in 2008–2009. We have analyzed the annual household expenditure per capita with dental insurance (business and private) according to the Brazilian states and the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the households (sex, age, race, and educational level of the head of the household, family income, and presence of an older adult in the household). RESULTS Only 2.5% of Brazilian households have reported spending on dental insurance. The amount spent per capita amounted to R$5.10 on average, most of which consisted of private dental insurance (R$4.70). Among the characteristics of the household, higher educational level and income were associated with higher spending. São Paulo was the state with the highest household expenditure per capita (R$10.90) and with the highest prevalence of households with expenditures (4.6%), while Amazonas and Tocantins had the lowest values, in which both spent less than R$1.00 and had a prevalence of less than 0.1% of households, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Only a small portion of the Brazilian households has dental insurance expenditure. The market for supplementary dentistry in oral health care covers a restricted portion of the Brazilian population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d195d4710c7a40ccaa02dafc3cb142872022-12-21T21:43:20ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de Saúde Pública1518-87872018-02-0152010.11606/s1518-8787.2018052000340S0034-89102018000100217Private dental insurance expenditure in BrazilAndreia Morales CascaesMaria Beatriz Junqueira de CamargoEduardo Dickie de Castilhoslexandre Emídio Ribeiro SilvaAluísio J D BarrosABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To quantify the household expenditure per capita and to estimate the percentage of Brazilian households that have spent with dental insurance. METHODS We analyzed data from 55,970 households that participated in the research Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares in 2008–2009. We have analyzed the annual household expenditure per capita with dental insurance (business and private) according to the Brazilian states and the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the households (sex, age, race, and educational level of the head of the household, family income, and presence of an older adult in the household). RESULTS Only 2.5% of Brazilian households have reported spending on dental insurance. The amount spent per capita amounted to R$5.10 on average, most of which consisted of private dental insurance (R$4.70). Among the characteristics of the household, higher educational level and income were associated with higher spending. São Paulo was the state with the highest household expenditure per capita (R$10.90) and with the highest prevalence of households with expenditures (4.6%), while Amazonas and Tocantins had the lowest values, in which both spent less than R$1.00 and had a prevalence of less than 0.1% of households, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Only a small portion of the Brazilian households has dental insurance expenditure. The market for supplementary dentistry in oral health care covers a restricted portion of the Brazilian population.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102018000100217&lng=en&tlng=enInsurance, Dental, utilizationInsurance, HealthPrepaid Health PlansHealth ExpendituresPopulation Surveys |
| spellingShingle | Andreia Morales Cascaes Maria Beatriz Junqueira de Camargo Eduardo Dickie de Castilhos lexandre Emídio Ribeiro Silva Aluísio J D Barros Private dental insurance expenditure in Brazil Revista de Saúde Pública Insurance, Dental, utilization Insurance, Health Prepaid Health Plans Health Expenditures Population Surveys |
| title | Private dental insurance expenditure in Brazil |
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| title_short | Private dental insurance expenditure in Brazil |
| title_sort | private dental insurance expenditure in brazil |
| topic | Insurance, Dental, utilization Insurance, Health Prepaid Health Plans Health Expenditures Population Surveys |
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