The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Dental Care: An Integrative Literature Review.

ABSTRACT: The goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to increase access to health insurance and decrease health care cost while improving health care quality. With more articles examining the relationship between one of the ACA provisions and dental health outcomes, we systematically reviewed the effect of the ACA on dental care coverage and access to dental services. We searched literature using the National Library of Medicine's Medline (PubMed) and Thomson Reuters' Web of Science between January 2010 and November 2020. We identified 33 articles related to dental coverage, and access/utilization of dental care services. This systematic review of studies showed that the ACA resulted in gains in dental coverage for adults and children, whereas results were mixed with dental

SUBMITTER: Song J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8345350 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature