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- Title
Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion on Dental Care Use.
- Authors
Nasseh, Kamyar; Vujicic, Marko
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act on dental care use among poor adults ages 21-64 in 2014.<bold>Data: </bold>2010-2014 Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing Index Survey.<bold>Study Design: </bold>Among poor adults with income at or below 138% of the Federal Poverty Level, a differences-in-differences analysis was used to compare the changes in dental care use in states with different Medicaid expansion and adult dental policies.<bold>Principal Findings: </bold>Relative to the pre-reform period and other states, in Medicaid expansion states with adult dental benefits, dental care use increased between 2 and 6 percent points in the second half of 2014, but most of these changes were not statistically significant.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Early evidence suggests that the Affordable Care Act may either not be having a substantial impact on dental care use or it is too early to assess the impact.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATIENT Protection &; Affordable Care Act; MEDICAID; DENTAL care; DENTAL policy; MEDICAL care costs; MEDICAID statistics; HEALTH services accessibility; LAW; LEGISLATION
- Publication
Health Services Research, 2017, Vol 52, Issue 6, p2256
- ISSN
0017-9124
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/1475-6773.12606