Journal article
Preventive Dental Service Utilization for Medicaid-Enrolled Children in New Hampshire: A Comparison of Care Provided by Pediatric Dentists and General Dentists
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, Vol.20(2), pp.458-472
05/01/2009
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0139
PMCID: PMC3564013
PMID: 19395842
Abstract
In this study, we compared preventive dental utilization through visits to a pediatric dentist (PD) vs. visits to a general dentist (GD) among Medicaid-enrolled children in New Hampshire (n = 12,964). Dental claims were analyzed using conditional logistic regression models. After adjusting for covariates, children seen by a PD were 51% more likely to have received fluoride treatment, 26% more likely to have had at least two dental examinations, and 19% more likely to have received a sealant than children seen by a GD. Overall, our results suggest that children seen by a PD were more likely to have received preventive services than those seen by a GD. Because Medicaid-en rolled children are at increased risk for poor oral health, policies should be enacted to ensure that high-risk children receive appropriate and regular prevention-oriented dental care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preventive Dental Service Utilization for Medicaid-Enrolled Children in New Hampshire: A Comparison of Care Provided by Pediatric Dentists and General Dentists
- Creators
- Donald Chi - University of IowaPeter Milgrom - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, Vol.20(2), pp.458-472
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1353/hpu.0.0139
- PMID
- 19395842
- PMCID
- PMC3564013
- ISSN
- 1049-2089
- eISSN
- 1548-6869
- Number of pages
- 15
- Grant note
- D13 HP30026 / PHS HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; United States Public Health Service K08DE020856 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) T32 DE07132; K08 DE020856; U54 DE145254; T32 DE014678; T32 DE007132 / NIDCR NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) T32DE014678 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL &CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283713602771
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