Effects of Adult Medicaid Dental Benefits Elimination on Child Dental Care Use.
Journal
Medical care
ISSN: 1537-1948
Titre abrégé: Med Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0230027
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 08 2022
01 08 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
27
5
2022
medline:
12
7
2022
entrez:
26
5
2022
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Résumé
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of adult dental benefit cuts on child dental use in Washington state Medicaid and determine if cuts affect child demographic subgroups differentially. The study used an interrupted time-series methodology to measure differences in child dental use after adult dental benefit elimination and reinstatement. Monthly data came from Washington state Medicaid enrollee and dental claim files from January 2008 to December 2015. Medicaid-enrolled children with at least one Medicaid-enrolled adult in the same household were the intervention group, and Medicaid-enrolled children without a Medicaid-enrolled adult in the same household were the control group. The outcome was the monthly proportion of Medicaid-enrolled children with a dental examination per 10,000 Medicaid-enrolled children. After adult dental benefits elimination, dental examinations among children with Medicaid-enrolled adults in the same household gradually decreased, corresponding to 65 fewer dental examinations per 10,000 children per year (5.4 fewer dental examinations per 10,000 children per month; 95% confidence interval: -7.7, -3.1; P =0.006). Adult dental benefits had no effect on dental examination for children without a Medicaid-enrolled adult in the same household. Dental examinations for children with a Medicaid-enrolled adult in the same household continued to gradually decrease after adult benefits reinstatement. Children younger than age 6 were the most adversely impacted by changes to adult Medicaid dental benefits. Policymakers should consider the spillover effects and ethical considerations of eliminating adult Medicaid dental benefits on children's access to dental care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35616495
doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001739
pii: 00005650-202208000-00005
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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