Rural-urban differences in dental service utilization among an early childhood population enrolled in South Carolina medicaid

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Martin, Amy Brock ^a   Vyavaharkar, Medha ^a   Veschusio, Christine ^b   Kirby, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c Office of Research and Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care utilization; Early childhood; Fluoride varnish; Medicaid; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84860884435     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0725-1     Document Type: Article

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