Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Oral Health Services in Medical and Dental Offices: Impact of Medicaid Policies on Young Children.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine receipt of preventive oral health services (POHS) by race/ethnicity for young Medicaid-enrollees following the enactment of state policies enabling medical providers to deliver POHS. Methods: Using Medicaid data (2006 to 2014) from 38 states for 8,711,192 child-years (aged six months to five years), logistic regressions were used to examine differences within and between racial/ethnic groups (white, black, Hispanic, and "other" race/ethnicity groups) in terms of adjusted probabilities of receiving POHS in medical offices or any medical or dental offices. Models were adjusted for years since policy enactment and estimated separately for states with and without requirements that medical providers obtain POHS training. Results

SUBMITTER: Kranz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8075038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature