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ADEA Policy Statement on Health Care Reform: Oral Health Care: Essential to Health Care Reform (As approved by the 2009 ADEA House of Delegates)
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2009.73.7.tb04768.x
Subject(s) - statement (logic) , health care , citation , oral health , political science , dental care , library science , oral health care , health care reform , medicine , psychology , family medicine , nursing , health policy , law , computer science
As the voice of dental education, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), whose members serve as providers of care for thousands of uninsured, underserved low-income patients, believes that dental and allied dental educators have an ethical obligation to promote access to oral health care. To that end, ADEA believes that any comprehensive reform of the U.S. health care system should provide universal coverage to all Americans and access to high-quality, cost-effective oral health care services. Health care reform must also include investments in dental public health that improve our nation’s capacity to meet the health care needs of patients, communities, and other stakeholders.