Has the Child Dental Benefits Schedule improved access to dental care for Australian children?

ABSTRACT: The Child Dental Benefits Schedule (CDBS) is an ongoing scheme administered through the Australian Government providing eligible children funding for clinical dental treatment. This study aimed to investigate the access of dental services across children's early childhood and examine whether the CDBS has improved access to dental care. The longitudinal study of Australian children is an ongoing cross-sequential cohort study with a representative sample of Australian children recruited in 2004. Birth (0-1 year) and kindergarten (4-5 years) cohorts were recruited through Medicare enrolment information at baseline and were representative of the Australian child population. Population-weighted longitudinal mixed effects Poisson models with individual identifiers as a random effect were used to

SUBMITTER: Stormon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078627 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature