Preventive dental utilization for Medicaid-enrolled children in Iowa identified with intellectual and/or developmental disability

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-44

  Chi, Donald L ^a   Momany, Elizabeth T ^a   Kuthy, Raymond A ^a   Chalmers, Jane M ^a   Damiano, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care for children; Dental care for disabled; Dental health services; Developmental disability; Intellectual disability; Medicaid; Mental retardation; Preventive dentistry; Preventive health services; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DISABLED CHILDREN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649259905     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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