NIH R01 · 2024
Field Experiment to Assess the Impact of Medicaid on Disparities in Dental Care Utilization
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT An estimated 9.8 million adults have gained oral health insurance since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, utilization of dental services among disadvantaged groups remains low, resulting in the stubborn persistence of oral health disparities. These findings suggest that there are persistent barriers to oral health care beyond just coverage alone. According to the Andersen model of healthcare utilization, oral healthcare utilization is driven by enabling factors (such as insurance access) as well as predisposing factors (such as oral health literacy). Hence, it is critical to identify the bottlenecks in boosting the uptake of oral…
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