Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Dental Care For Publicly Insured Children

Poor oral health has important implications for the healthy development of children. Children in Medicaid, especially Latinos and African Americans, experience high rates of tooth decay, yet they visit dentists less often than privately insured children. Even Latino and African American children wit...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2010-07, Vol.29 (7), p.1356-1363
Main Authors: Pourat, Nadereh, Finocchio, Len
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Children & youth
Childrens health insurance programs
Cultural differences
Dental care
Dental caries
Dental insurance
Dentistry
Dentists
Families & family life
Government programs
Health care
Health care access
Independent variables
Insurance coverage
Low income groups
Medicaid
Minority & ethnic groups
Oral hygiene
Polls & surveys
Studies
Teeth
Uninsured people
Variables
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Summary:Poor oral health has important implications for the healthy development of children. Children in Medicaid, especially Latinos and African Americans, experience high rates of tooth decay, yet they visit dentists less often than privately insured children. Even Latino and African American children with private insurance are less likely than white children to visit dentists and have longer intervals between dental visits. Furthermore, Latino and African American children in Medicaid are more likely than white children in Medicaid to have longer intervals between visits. These findings raise concerns about Medicaid's ability to address disparities in dental care access and, more broadly, in health care. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0089