Studies Conducted at Ohio State University on Managed Care Recently Reported (Age of First Dental Visits: a Benefit of the Pediatric Medical Home): Managed Care

2024 MAY 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Managed Care. According to news reporting from Columbus, Ohio, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This retrospective cohort study compared differences in age one dental visit use and age at first dental visit according to fluoride varnish receipt at the pediatric medical home. Enrollment and claims data were used from Partners For Kids, a pediatric accountable care organization covering Medicaid-enrolled children living in 47 of 88 counties in Ohio.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Ohio State University, “The main outcomes were having an age one dental visit and the mean age at first dental visit. Descriptive statistics and bivariate comparisons were applied. Among 17,675 children, 2.8% had an age one dental visit. The mean age at first dental visit was 4.8 years. Children who received fluoride varnish from their medical home (12% of study population) were significantly younger at their first dental visit (4.1 vs. 4.9 years, p< 0.001). Despite longstanding recommendations for the age one dental visit, very few Medicaid-enrolled children in Ohio had one.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The pediatric medical home lowered the age of first dental visit.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Age of First Dental Visits: a Benefit of the Pediatric Medical Home. 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)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Beau D. Meyer, Ohio State University, College of Dentistry, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Columbus, OH, United States. Additional authors for this research include Natalie Bussard, Paul Casamassimo, Homa Amini, Jin Peng and Andrew Wapner.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/jphd.12619. 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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