NCT07083453

Financial Incentives to Encourage Uptake of Preventive Dental Care Services Among Adults

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5,500 (actual)
• Sponsor: National University of Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study aims to assess if financial rebates affect the uptake of dental services among adults, determine the optimal level of financial rebates to encourage dental visits, and assess the factors associated with the uptake of dental services.

Detailed description

Aim: The project aims to assess the effect of various factors on the uptake of preventive dental services, including the impact of out-of-pocket costs on the uptake of preventive dental services. The hypotheses of the study are: 1. Out-of-pocket costs affect the uptake of preventive dental services 2. A financial subsidy covering at least 50% of costs would increase the uptake of preventive dental services 3. Financial subsidies have a greater impact on dental utilization among low-income adults compared to high income adults

Conditions

• Dental

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Comparator 1	$10 rebate offered with an online caries and periodontal risk assessment
OTHER	Comparator 2	20 rebate offered without risk assessment
OTHER	Comparator 3	$30 rebate offered without risk assessment
OTHER	Comparator 4	$50 rebate offered without risk assessment
OTHER	Control	$10 rebate offered with no risk assessment

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-31
• Completion: 2026-03-31
• First posted: 2025-07-24
• Last updated: 2025-07-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore