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Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Nontraumatic Dental-Condition Visits To Emergency Departments And Physician Offices In The Wisconsin Medicaid Program, Christopher Okunseri, Nicholas M. Pajewski, David C. Brousseau, Sandy Tomany-Korman, Andrew Snyder, Glenn Flores
Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Nontraumatic Dental-Condition Visits To Emergency Departments And Physician Offices In The Wisconsin Medicaid Program, Christopher Okunseri, Nicholas M. Pajewski, David C. Brousseau, Sandy Tomany-Korman, Andrew Snyder, Glenn Flores
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
Background
Nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits occur in emergency departments (EDs) and physician offices (POs), but little is known about factors associated with NTDC visit rates to EDs and POs.
Methods
The authors analyzed all Medicaid dental claims in Wisconsin from 2001 through 2003 to examine factors associated with NTDC visits to EDs and POs. They performed bivariate and multivariable analyses. The independent variables they examined included race/ethnicity, age, sex, dental health professional shortage area (DHPSA) designation and urban influence code for county of residence.
Results
The authors evaluated 956,774 NTDC visits made during 1,718,006 person-years; 4.3 percent of visits …