Effects of Enrollment in Medicaid Versus the State Children’s Health Insurance Program on Kindergarten Children’s Untreated Dental Caries

AUTOR(ES)

Brickhouse, Tegwyn H.

FONTE

American Public Health Association

RESUMO

Objectives. 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.

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