Open AccessEffects of Enrollment in Medicaid Versus the State Children’s Health Insurance Program on Kindergarten Children’s Untreated Dental Caries
Author(s) -
Tegwyn H. Brickhouse,
R. Gary Rozier,
Gary D. Slade
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.111468
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , logistic regression , confidence interval , odds ratio , dental insurance , oral health , public health insurance , odds , family medicine , health insurance , dentistry , health care , economics , economic growth
We compared levels of untreated dental caries in children enrolled in public insurance programs with those in nonenrolled children to determine the impact of public dental insurance and the type of plan (Medicaid vs State Children's Health Insurance Program [SCHIP]) on untreated dental caries in children.