{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kranz AM"],"funding":["NIDCR NIH HHS"],"pagination":["e2024066638"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11524042"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["154(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and objectives</h4>The Affordable Care Act required private insurers to cover a set of recommended preventive services without cost-sharing. This included coverage of fluoride varnish (FV) applications without cost-sharing for children aged 1 through 5 during medical visits, an evidence-based treatment that prevents tooth decay. We examined if this coverage mandate was associated with more young children receiving FV.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database (2014-2018), we examined the likelihood that a privately insured child received FV during a medical visit in a month. We used a difference-in-differences approach, comparing those included in the coverage mandate (aged 1-5) to those excluded from the mandate (aged 6-9), before and after the mandat"],"journal":["Pediatrics"],"pubmed_title":["Affordable Care Act's Preventive Services Coverage Mandate and Receipt of Fluoride Varnish."],"pmcid":["PMC11524042"],"funding_grant_id":["R01 DE028530"],"pubmed_authors":["Dick AW","Mizushima Y","Geissler KH","Gracner T","Kranz AM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Affordable Care Act's Preventive Services Coverage Mandate and Receipt of Fluoride Varnish.","description":"<h4>Background and objectives</h4>The Affordable Care Act required private insurers to cover a set of recommended preventive services without cost-sharing. This included coverage of fluoride varnish (FV) applications without cost-sharing for children aged 1 through 5 during medical visits, an evidence-based treatment that prevents tooth decay. We examined if this coverage mandate was associated with more young children receiving FV.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the Massachusetts All-Payer Claims Database (2014-2018), we examined the likelihood that a privately insured child received FV during a medical visit in a month. We used a difference-in-differences approach, comparing those included in the coverage mandate (aged 1-5) to those excluded from the mandate (aged 6-9), before and after the mandat","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2026-06-05T07:39:29.739Z","creation":"2026-05-14T03:12:13.278Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11524042","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39434700"],"doi":["10.1542/peds.2024-066638"]}}