ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2023
Dental Services Use: Medicare Beneficiaries Experience Immediate And Long-Term Reductions After Enrollment.
Article in Health affairs (Project Hope), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early association of expanded Medicare dental benefits to dentist billing in Medicare.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2026Article
- Effects of the National Health Service Corps expansion on dental care use in underserved areas.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2026Article
- Interdisciplinary Strategies for Improving Oral Health in Older Adults: A Comprehensive Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Mouth-Mind Connection: Interplay of Oral and Mental Health in Older Adults.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Community-dwelling older adults' satisfaction and experiences with two non-surgical caries treatments: a mixed methods study.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Access To Dental Care Among People Newly Eligible For A Medicare Dental Benefit.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2026Article
- Medicare Advantage Dental Benefits: Comprehensive Coverage Available In Fewer Than Half Of US Counties.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
- Availability of Dental Benefits Within Medicare Advantage Plans by Enrollment and County.JAMA · 2025Article
- Benefit Design and Access to Dental Care Among Seniors With Medicare Advantage Dental Benefits.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- Use and Costs of Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, 2017-2021.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Prior incarceration length and edentulism among formerly incarcerated older adults in the United States.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2024Article
- Medicare dental coverage for patients with head and neck cancer: An opportunity in need of advocates.Oral oncology · 2024Article
- Dental Use and Spending in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare, 2010-2021.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Medicare Eligibility and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Fixation for Distal Radius Fracture.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Trends in the level and composition of supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage.Health affairs scholar · 2023Article
- Late-Stage Oral Cancer Detection After California and Illinois Restored Medicaid Dental Benefits.OTO openArticle
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Abstract
Traditional Medicare does not cover routine dental care, but little is known about transitions in dental outcomes upon reaching Medicare eligibility at age sixty-five. Using data from the 2010-19 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, we examined dental insurance, utilization, and outcomes among US adults before and after age sixty-five, using a regression discontinuity design and segmented regression analysis. Among 97,108 US adults representing a weighted population of 104,787,300 people, complete edentulism, or the loss of all teeth, increased by 4.8 percentage points at age sixty-five, and the percentage of people receiving restorative dental care decreased by 8.7 percentage points. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, which may offer a dental benefit, was not associated with greater use of dental services relative to traditional Medicare, and Medicare Advantage enrollees had a significantly larger drop in dental spending from private insurance at age sixty-five than traditional Medicare enrollees. Expanding Medicare to cover dental services may help counteract these effects among all enrollees.
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