New Managed Care Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at University of Washington (Examination of Dental Utilization of Newly Resettled Adult Refugees In Washington State Enrolled In Dental Medicaid Program): Managed Care

2024 DEC 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting originating in Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “To assess dental utilization of resettled adult refugees in Washington (WA) state and the demographic factors associated with dental utilization. Data were collected between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2015 for newly arrived adult refugees (>21 years) enrolled in Washington State dental Medicaid program.”

Financial support for this research came from School of Dentistry, University of Washington.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Washington, “Three state agencies provided enrollment and claims data that included demographic information as well as number and types of dental claims, and time to first dental claim for the newly resettled adult refugee population. A total of 1294 adult refugees resettled in WA State in 2015. Approximately, 67% were aged 21-39 years and 32.4% White race and 93.9% without any disability. Over half (57%) of adult refugees had at least one dental claim within 12 months, and the median time to first dental utilization was 4.1 months [IQR:2.4-6.8]. Black refugees had a 74% greater chance of a first dental claim within 12 months of resettlement compared to White refugees (p < .001), and people from countries with high volume of refugees also had a 31% greater chance than those from countries with low volume of refugees (p = .005). Over half of all the adult refugees resettled in WA utilized dental services within 12 months of arrival.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Understanding the mosaic of demographic backgrounds of newly resettled refugees in any given state will improve early utilization of dental care needs and therefore improve their oral health.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Examination of Dental Utilization of Newly Resettled Adult Refugees In Washington State Enrolled In Dental Medicaid Program. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology, 2024. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1600-0528)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Ana Lucia Seminario, University of Washington, Timothy A DeRouen Ctr Global Oral Hlth, School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Sogole Tabatabaiepur, Yan Wang, Christopher Okunseri, Darien J. Weatherspoon and Frank Roberts.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.13007. 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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