New Managed Care Study Findings Have Been Reported by Researchers at University of Michigan (Association Between Dental Visits During Pregnancy and Setting for Prenatal Care): Managed Care

2024 JAN 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Ann Arbor, Michigan, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) may be well positioned to facilitate dental visits during pregnancy for low-income women. We sought to compare receipt of dental visits during pregnancy for women who received prenatal care at an FQHC versus a non-FQHC setting.Methods We analyzed Michigan Medicaid administrative data for all live birth deliveries between April 2018 and December 2020.”

Financial supporters for this research include Delta Dental Foundation, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Delta Dental Foundation.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Michigan, “We used billing data to categorize the predominant setting for prenatal care as occurring at a FQHC or a non-FQHC and claims data to identify dental visits during pregnancy (in the 9 months prior to delivery). We employed bivariate and multivariate analyses to explore the relationship between setting for prenatal care and dental visits during pregnancy.Results Women who received prenatal care at an FQHC versus non-FQHC had a higher proportion of dental visits during pregnancy (31.85% vs. 19.37%, p< 0.0001). In multivariate analyses, the strongest predictors of having a dental visit during pregnancy were FQHC prenatal care setting, having a dental emergency visit, having >= 3 prenatal visits, and having Medicaid coverage throughout pregnancy. Hispanic or Black race/ethnicity and 2020 delivery year were predictors of a lower likelihood of a dental visit.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These predictors were consistent for the overall population and for the subset who had no dental visits pre-pregnancy.Conclusion Medicaid-enrolled women who receive prenatal care at an FQHC are more likely to have a dental visit during pregnancy than their counterparts who receive prenatal care in a non-FQHC setting.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Association Between Dental Visits During Pregnancy and Setting for Prenatal Care. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2024. Journal of Public Health Dentistry can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Public Health Dentistry - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1752-7325)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sarah Clark, University of Michigan, Child Hlth Evaluat & Res Ctr, 300 Nib, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. Additional authors for this research include Divesh Byrappagari, Lisa Cohn and Lindsay Sailor.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jphd.12596. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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