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Article: Determinants of dental insurance status for U.S. military families

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Military Medicine
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December 1, 1998
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LTC Michael C. Chisick, DC USA*

COL Forrest R. Poindexter, USAF DCt

This study explores what factors influence whether active duty U.S. military personnel enroll their families in Department of Defense (DoD) or non-DoD dental insurance plans. The data come from a 26-site, cross-sectional survey of U.S. service members conducted from April 1994 to January 1995. A prestratified, randomly selected target sample of 15,915 service members yielded 12,950 respondents (81% response rate); 7,243 of these had insurance-eligible families. Age, gender, ethnicity, education, rank, marital status, branch of service, number of children, number of years of military service, and insurance status of ...

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