Tegwyn H. Brickhouse|R. Gary Rozier|Gary D. Slade
Effects of Enrollment in Medicaid Versus the State Children’s Health Insurance Program on Kindergarten Children’s Untreated Dental Caries
University of Adelaide|University of Adelaide|University of Adelaide
compared levels untreated dental caries children enrolled public insurance programs nonenrolled children determine impact public dental insurance type plan medicaid vs state childrens health insurance program schip untreated dental caries childrendental health outcomes obtained calibrated oral screening kindergarten children enrolled 20002001 school year obtained eligibility claims data children enrolled medicaid schip eligible dental services 1999 2000 developed logistic regression models compare childrens likelihood extent untreated dental caries according enrollmentchildren enrolled medicaid schip 17 times 95 confidence interval ci 165 177 likely untreated dental caries nonenrolled children schipenrolled children significantly less likely untreated dental caries medicaidenrolled children odds ratio or074 95 ci067 082 according 2part regression model children enrolled medicaid schip 17 untreated dental caries nonenrolled children whereas schip 16 fewer untreated dental caries medicaiduntreated tooth decay continues significant problem children public insurance coverage children participated separate schip program fewer untreated dental caries children enrolled medicaid