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Patterns Of Dental Service Utilization Following Nontraumatic Dental Condition Visits To The Emergency Department In Wisconsin Medicaid, Nicholas M. Pajewski, Christopher Okunseri
Patterns Of Dental Service Utilization Following Nontraumatic Dental Condition Visits To The Emergency Department In Wisconsin Medicaid, Nicholas M. Pajewski, Christopher Okunseri
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
Objectives: To examine patterns of dental service utilization for adult Medicaid enrollees in Wisconsin following nontraumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits to the emergency department (ED).
Methods: This is a retrospective, observational study of claims for NTDC visits to the ED and dental service encounters from the Wisconsin Medicaid Evaluation and Decision Support database (2001-2009). We used competing risk models to predict probabilities of returning to the ED versus obtaining follow-up care from a dentist.
Results: We observed a 43 percent increase in the rate of NTDC visits to the ED, with most of this increase occurring from 2001 to 2005. …