2021-02-12T23:14:15Z Copyright (c) 2021, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/topics/oral-health.html Ashley M. Kranz; Rachel Ross; Mark J. Sorbero; Aaron Kofner; Bradley D. Stein; Andrew W. Dick https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68511.html 2021-02-12T11:45:00Z 2021-02-12T11:45:00Z

The authors examined the impact of state policies allowing delivery of POHS in medical offices on receipt of POHS among Medicaid enrollees with IDD.

Ashley M. Kranz; Andrew W. Dick https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68509.html 2021-02-12T11:30:00Z 2021-02-12T11:30:00Z

Pediatric dental care is an essential health benefit that the Affordable Care Act requires most private health plans to cover. It is unknown how these different pediatric dental coverage offerings may affect uptake of coverage.

Ashley M. Kranz; Grace Gahlon; Andrew W. Dick; Bradley D. Stein https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68506.html 2021-02-12T09:45:00Z 2021-02-12T09:45:00Z

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted the delivery of health care services, including dental care. The objective of this study was to quantify and describe US adults who delayed dental care due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evan Goldstein; Andrew W. Dick; Rachel Ross; Bradley D. Stein; Ashley M. Kranz https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68501.html 2021-02-11T09:30:00Z 2021-02-11T09:30:00Z

Our objective was to test whether training requirements were associated with higher rates of preventive oral health services for Medicaid-enrolled children <6 years.

Ashley M. Kranz; Andrew W. Dick https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68488.html 2021-02-02T09:00:00Z 2021-02-02T09:00:00Z

Comparing pre- and post-ACA periods, private dental insurance increased by 4.6% (P=0.013) and annual dental visits were unchanged (2.7%, P=0.071) comparing children likely or unlikely to be affected by the ACA.

Caroline Geiger; Ashley M. Kranz; Andrew W. Dick; Erin Lindsey Duffy; Mark J. Sorbero; Bradley D. Stein https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68487.html 2021-02-02T08:45:00Z 2021-02-02T08:45:00Z

Using a multistate sample of Medicaid claims, we examined a child's odds of receiving preventive oral health services in a medical office by county rurality.

Ashley M. Kranz; R. Gary Rozier; Bradley D. Stein; Andrew W. Dick https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68208.html 2020-06-25T12:45:00Z 2020-06-25T12:45:00Z

This study failed to find evidence that medical preventive oral health services (POHS) replaced dental visits for young children enrolled in Medicaid and, in fact, offers evidence that increased medical POHS was associated with increased utilization of dental care. Given lower than desired rates of dental visits for this population, delivery of medical POHS should be expanded.

Erin Lindsey Duffy; Ashley M. Kranz; Andrew W. Dick; Mark J. Sorbero; Bradley D. Stein https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP67762.html 2018-12-20T12:00:00Z 2018-12-20T12:00:00Z

Oral health outcomes were similar for children with public and private health insurance. However, children in low- income families and with less educated parents had greater odds of untreated caries, suggesting that initiatives focused on publicly insured populations may miss other vulnerable children of low socioeconomic status.

Rebecca N. Dudovitz; Paul J. Chung https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP67183.html 2017-06-08T11:45:00Z 2017-06-08T11:45:00Z

Broad-based school-community partnerships can help address the unmet oral health needs of low-income children.

Matthew D. Baird; Michelle K. Baird; Joseph Vesely https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1351.html 2016-01-21T09:45:00Z 2016-01-21T09:45:00Z

This report examines an important factor in the ability to access dental care: the distribution and availability of dental health providers. The authors assess these characteristics of providers across the counties of Pennsylvania in 2013.

Carl A. Maida; Marvin Marcus; Ron D. Hays; Ian D. Coulter; Francisco Ramos-Gómez; Steve P. Lee; Patricia S. McClory; Laura V. Van; Yan Wang; Jie Shen; Li Cai; Vladimir W. Spolsky; Jim Crall; Honghu H. Liu https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50913.html 2015-11-20T15:45:00Z 2015-11-20T15:45:00Z

This study conducted focus groups with ethnically, socioeconomically, and geographically diverse youth (8–12, 13–17 years) to identify perceptions of oral health status.

Richard J. Manski; John F. Moeller; Haiyan Chen; Jody Schimmel; John V. Pepper; Patricia A. Stclair https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50615.html 2015-02-26T11:00:00Z 2015-02-26T11:00:00Z

The authors analyze correlates of the direction and magnitude of changes in out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for dental care by older Americans over a recent 4-year period.

John F. Moeller; Richard J. Manski; Nancy A. Mathiowetz; Nancy F. Campbell; John V. Pepper https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50559.html 2014-12-31T12:00:00Z 2014-12-31T12:00:00Z

The aim of this research was to analyze the inconsistency in responses to survey questions within the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) regarding insurance coverage of dental services.

Janice C. Blanchard; Vivian L. Towe; Stephanie Donald https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR179.html 2013-05-03T10:00:00Z 2013-05-03T10:00:00Z

Oral health is important to children’s overall health and well-being. However, access to care can be a challenge for parents seeking oral health services for children who are Medicaid beneficiaries. Also, providers have noted a general unawareness among parents about the importance of preventive oral health care.

Jessica Y. Lee; Brian D. Stucky; R. Gary Rozier; Shoou-Yih D. Lee; Leslie Zeldin https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50257.html 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z 2013-01-01T12:00:00Z

The authors develop an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish-speaking adults, evaluate its psychometric properties, and determine its comparability to an English version.

Richard J. Manski; John F. Moeller; Haiyan Chen; Jody Schimmel; Patricia A. Stclair; John V. Pepper https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51091.html 2012-10-15T10:00:00Z 2012-10-15T10:00:00Z

Only when wealth fell by 50 percent or more did older Americans decrease dental use. This finding might extend to other health care services that are preventive, routine, and relatively inexpensive.

Richard J. Manski; John F. Moeller; Haiyan Chen; Patricia A. Stclair; Jody Schimmel; John V. Pepper https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200101.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship of wealth and income and the relative impact of each on dental utilization in a population of older Americans, using data from the Health and Retirement Study.

Brian D. Stucky; Jessica Y. Lee; Shoou-Yih D. Lee; R. Gary Rozier https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50256.html 2011-10-01T12:00:00Z 2011-10-01T12:00:00Z

This manuscript describes the process for developing the PROMIS parent proxy-report item banks and the sample for establishing item calibrations.

Eunice C. Wong; Grant N. Marshall https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000167.html 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Collaborative care could integrate the physical and mental health needs of patients after facial surgery, but both patients and physicians report barriers to such care.

James Zazzali; Grant N. Marshall; Vivek Shetty; Dennis-Duke R. Yamashita; Uttam K. Sinha; Nadine Rayburn https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070819.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vulnerable populations are at particular risk for developing psychosocial sequelae after they experience orofacial injury.