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When Jobs Are Lost, Check-Ups Get Skipped
September 23, 2008

by Nancy Volkers
InteliHealth News Service

INTELIHEALTH - Unemployment is up this year, and that may affect dental health. Researchers have found that as the jobless rate rises, fewer people get dental check-ups.

The researchers focused on two cities: Seattle and Spokane, Wash. They looked at data on unemployment and dental visits between 1995 and 2004.

For every 10,000 people who lost their jobs in Spokane in a particular month, 1.24% fewer people got dental check-ups that month. In Seattle, the change was more dramatic. There, nearly 6% fewer people got dental check-ups for every 10,000 people who lost their jobs.

The study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Other research has found that the unemployed are less likely to visit a dentist or doctor for a check-up.

The study appears in the September 11 issue of the journal Health Services Research.

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