Journal article
Preventive dental care among Medicaid-enrolled senior adults: from community to nursing facility residence
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Vol.78(1), pp.86-92
01/01/2018
DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12247
PMID: 28884829
Abstract
The primary objective of this study was to determine whether the utilization rate of preventive oral health care services while senior adults were community-dwelling differed from the rate after those same senior adults were admitted to nursing facilities. A secondary objective was to evaluate other significant predictors of receipt of preventive oral health procedures after nursing facility entry. Iowa Medicaid claims from 2007-2014 were accessed for adults who were 68+ years upon entry to a nursing facility and continuously enrolled in Medicaid for at least three years before and at least two years after admission (n=874). Univariate, bivariate and multivariable analyses were conducted. The strongest predictor of receipt of dental procedures in the two years after nursing facility entry was the receipt of dental procedures in the three years before entry while community-dwelling. This underscores the importance of the senior adult establishing a source of dental care while community-dwelling.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preventive dental care among Medicaid-enrolled senior adults: from community to nursing facility residence
- Creators
- Mary C KellyDaniel J Caplan - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryMercedes Bern-Klug - University of Iowa, School of Social WorkHoward J Cowen - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryMarsha A Cunningham-Ford - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryLeonardo Marchini - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community DentistryElizabeth T Momany - University of Iowa, Center for Social Science Innovation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Vol.78(1), pp.86-92
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1111/jphd.12247
- PMID
- 28884829
- ISSN
- 0022-4006
- eISSN
- 1752-7325
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2018
- Description audience
- Academic
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Oral Health Policy Research
- Record Identifier
- 9983765986402771
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