ArticleMedical care2017
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Mandate on Use of Dental Treatments and Preventive Services.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Dental Care: An Integrative Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Medicaid Dental Cuts and Emergency Department Utilization: Implications of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act.Journal of the California Dental Association · 2026Article
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- Were Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act spillover gains to private dental coverage for dependents widely shared?: An analysis using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2020Article
- Society of Behavioral Medicine position statement: Society of Behavioral Medicine supports oral cancer early detection by all healthcare providers.Translational behavioral medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral health problems are the leading chronic conditions among children and younger adults. Lack of dental coverage is thought to be an important barrier to care but little empirical evidence exists on the causal effect of private dental coverage on use of dental services. We explore the relationship between dental coverage and dental services utilization with an analysis of a natural experiment of increasing private dental coverage stemming from the Affordable Care Act's (ACA)-dependent coverage mandate.
objectivesTo evaluate whether increased private dental insurance due to the spillover effect of the ACA-dependent coverage health insurance mandate affected utilization of dental services among a group of affected young adults. DATA: 2006-2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys. STUDY
designWe used a difference-in-difference regression approach comparing changes in dental care utilization for 25-year olds affected by the policy to unaffected 27-year olds. We evaluate effects on dental treatments and preventive services
results: Compared to 27-year olds, 25-year olds were 8 percentage points more likely to have private dental coverage in the 3 years following the mandate. We do not find compelling evidence that young adults increased their use of preventive dental services in response to gaining insurance. We do find a nearly 5 percentage point increase in the likelihood of dental treatments among 25-year olds following the mandate, an effect that appears concentrated among women.
conclusionsIncreases in private dental coverage due to the ACA's-dependent coverage mandate do not appear to be driving significant changes in overall preventive dental services utilization but there is evidence of an increase in restorative care.
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