ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2024
The Relationship Between Dental Provider Density and Receipt of Dental Care Among Medicaid-enrolled Adults.
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- Racial and Ethnic Variations in Dental Care Utilization and Expenditures: Associations with Usual Source of Care and Foreign-Born Status.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The Role of Medicaid Dental Benefits in Access to Preventive Dental Care and Unmet Dental Needs During Pregnancy.Research square · 2025Article
- The uneven playing field: provider participation and regional disparities in oral health examination rates in Korea.Epidemiology and health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe sought to measure the association of dental provider density and receipt of dental care among Medicaid-enrolled adults.
methodsWe used four years of Indiana Medicaid claims and enrollment data (2015 to 2018) and the Area Health Resources File to examine the relationship between any dental visit (ADV) or any preventive dental visit (PDV) and three county-level measures of dental provider density (the total number of Medicaid-participating dentists, a binary indicator of a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with a Medicaid-participating dentist, and the overall county dentist-to-population ratio).
resultsThe likelihood of ADV or PDV increased with greater density of Medicaid-participating dentists as well as dentists accepting Medicaid working at an FQHC within the county. The overall dentist-to-population ratio was not associated with dental care use among the adult Medicaid population.
conclusionDentist participation in Medicaid program may be a modifiable barrier to Medicaid-enrolled adults' receipt of dental care.
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