Journal article
County-level determinants of dental utilization for Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions: how does place affect use?
Health & place, Vol.18(6), pp.1422-1429
11/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.07.007
PMCID: PMC3597237
PMID: 22981229
Abstract
Little is known about how place affects childrens' access to dental care. We analyzed data for 25,908 Iowa Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions to identify the county-level determinants of dental utilization. Our analyses suggest that higher levels of poverty and designation as a dental health professional shortage area at the county-level are associated with lower probability of child-level dental use. There are significant interactions between child-level race/ethnicity and county-level poverty as well as between child-level disability and county-level unemployment. We present a new descriptive model on dental utilization that emphasizes county-level factors as well as interactions between county-level and child-level factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- County-level determinants of dental utilization for Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions: how does place affect use?
- Creators
- Donald L Chi - University of WashingtonBrian Leroux - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health & place, Vol.18(6), pp.1422-1429
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.07.007
- PMID
- 22981229
- PMCID
- PMC3597237
- NLM abbreviation
- Health Place
- ISSN
- 1353-8292
- eISSN
- 1873-2054
- Grant note
- L60 MD003921 / NIMHD NIH HHS K08 DE020856 / NIDCR NIH HHS K08DE020856 / NIDCR NIH HHS L60D003921 / PHS HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2012
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283710902771
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