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Insurance, Dental

 
 
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  • DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Blue Cross dental insurance claims for claimants associated with four major Ontario employers using a common insurance plan over the period 1987-1990 [1].
  • METHODS: Dental insurance claims data from Delta Plan of Michigan and Michigan Medicaid, plus demographic data from the 1990 US Census (percent poverty) and from the 1995 National Center for Educational Statistics (percent free or reduced lunch eligibility), were compared to findings from two school-based oral health surveys [2].
  • Paradoxically, children in poverty-those living in households with annual gross incomes under $16 500 for a family of 4-or near poverty-those in family households with incomes between $16 500 and $33 000-also have the highest rates of dental insurance coverage, primarily through Medicaid and SCHIP [3].
  • By chi-squared analysis, DIS vs. ND subjects had significantly lower levels of education, employment, income, and dental insurance, and greater dependence on Government funding [4].
  • Chi-square analyses were employed to determine the effects of gender, frequency of dental visits, types of dental insurance, education level, age, income, and race on public perception of the DDS and DMD degrees [5].
 

Gene context of Insurance, Dental

  • METHODS: Delta Dental Plan of Michigan insurance claims data on 9,886 children who were born in 1990 and were covered by dental insurance from 1990-1998 were used [6].
  • MATERIAL AND METHODS: A questionnaire was mailed to people whose dental insurance claims included CPT Code 5214 within the last 5 years [7].
  • Dental insurance forms made easy. Part 1 [8].

References

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  2. Using insurance claims and demographic data for surveillance of children's oral health. Heller, K.E., Eklund, S.A., Burt, B.A., Briskie, D.M., Lawrence, L.M. Journal of public health dentistry. (2004) [Pubmed]
  3. Disparities in oral health and access to care: findings of national surveys. Edelstein, B.L. Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. (2002) [Pubmed]
  4. Characteristics of dental emergency clinic patients with and without disabilities. Persson, R.E., Stiefel, D.J., Griffith, M.V., Truelove, E.L., Martin, M.D. Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry. (2000) [Pubmed]
  5. Public perception of DDS versus DMD degrees. Lalumandier, J.A., Pyle, M.A., Sawyer, D.R. The Journal of the American College of Dentists. (1999) [Pubmed]
  6. Associations between dental treatment in the primary and permanent dentitions using insurance claims data. Heller, K.E., Eklund, S.A., Pittman, J., Ismail, A.A. Pediatric dentistry. (2000) [Pubmed]
  7. Treatment outcomes with mandibular removable partial dentures: a population-based study of patient satisfaction. Frank, R.P., Milgrom, P., Leroux, B.G., Hawkins, N.R. The Journal of prosthetic dentistry. (1998) [Pubmed]
  8. Dental insurance forms made easy. Part 1. Paine, S.G. Dental economics - oral hygiene. (1979) [Pubmed]
 
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