The individual and program impacts of eliminating medicaid dental benefits in the oregon health plan

N.T. Wallace, M.J. Carlson, D.M. Mosen, J.J. Snyder and B.J. Wright

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 11, 2144-2150

Abstract: Objectives. We determined how elimination of dental benefits among adult Medicaid beneficiaries in Oregon affected their access to dental care, Medicaid expenditures, and use of medical settings for dental services. Methods. We used a natural experimental design using Medicaid claims data (n=22833) before and after Medicaid dental benefits were eliminated in Oregon in 2003 and survey data for continuously enrolled Oregon Health Plan enrollees (n=718) covering 3 years after benefit cuts. Results. Claims analysis showed that, compared with enrollees who retained dental benefits, those who lost benefits had large increases in dental-related emergency department use (101.7%; P

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300031

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