Evaluating access to pediatric oral health care in the southeastern states.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In this article, the authors addressed shortcomings in existing research on pediatric oral health care access using rigorous data and methods for identifying statistically significant disparities in oral health care access for children.

Methods

The study population included children, differentiated by insurance status (Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, private, none). The authors measured provider-level supply as the number of oral health care visits, stratified by provider type and urbanicity-rurality. The authors defined demand as the number of dental visits for children and derived demand and supply mainly from 2019 and 2020 data. Using statistical modeling, the authors evaluated where disparities in travel distance across communities or by insuran

SUBMITTER: Serban N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8969167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature