Variation in dentist participation between dental medicaid managed care organizations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dentists' Medicaid participation is a critical factor affecting dental care access for Medicaid beneficiaries. An important gap in existing literature is the variation in participation across Medicaid dental Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) in states with more than one. This study examined the variation in participation overall and in predictors of dentist participation between two MCOs in Iowa's Dental Medicaid program.

Methods

Data were obtained from a survey of Iowa private practice dentists (n = 1256). Responding general dentists (n = 497) were included in the final analytic sample. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine demographic and practice characteristics associated with dentist participation (acc

SUBMITTER: Nwachukwu PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619557 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature