Dental Outcomes After Medicaid Insurance Coverage Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Dental coverage for adults is a state option in Medicaid, and despite significant gains in coverage after the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), dental outcomes among adults in expansion states remain unexplored.

Objective

To explore the association of state coverage of dental benefits through Medicaid expansion with clinical dental outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2009 to 2018. Included participants were low-income adults aged 19 to 64 years with income up to 138% of the federal poverty level. The study used a difference-in-differences analysis to compare changes from before to after ACA expansion in expansion states vs in

SUBMITTER: Elani HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature