Utilization of dental care among patients with severe mental illness: a study of a National Health Insurance database

Table 2 Rates and odds of dental care utilization among patients with severe mental illness

Group	Rate of dental care	No. with dental care /total No.	Adjusted odds ratio^a (95 % CI^b)
General population	48.3 %	300,937/623,175	Reference
Senile dementia	27.2 %	1298/4772	0.55 (0.52–0.59)*
Alcohol psychoses	34.6 %	116/335	0.54 (0.43–0.68)*
Drug psychoses	44.9 %	57/127	0.75 (0.53–1.08)
Transient organic psychoses	33.4 %	102/305	0.60 (0.47–0.77)*
Other organic psychoses	32.8 %	521/1589	0.58 (0.52–0.65)*
Schizophrenia	39.4 %	1585/4023	0.63 (0.59–0.67)*
Mood disorders	50.1 %	3823/7625	0.89 (0.85–0.94)*
Delusional disorders	42.5 %	117/275	0.83 (0.65–1.06)
Other nonorganic psychoses	41.1 %	223/542	0.67 (0.56–0.80)*

^aMultiple logistic regression controlling for gender, age, socioeconomic status, dentist/population ratio, hospitalization with 30 or more bed days, low income and outpatient visit numbers
^bConfidence interval
*P < 0.001

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