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Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Provision Of Dental Procedures To Children Enrolled In Delta Dental Insurance In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pradeep Bhagavatula, Qun Xiang, Fredrick Eichmiller, Aniko Szabo, Christopher Okunseri
Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Provision Of Dental Procedures To Children Enrolled In Delta Dental Insurance In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pradeep Bhagavatula, Qun Xiang, Fredrick Eichmiller, Aniko Szabo, Christopher Okunseri
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
Objectives: Most studies on the provision of dental procedures have focused on Medicaid enrollees known to have inadequate access to dental care. Little information on private insurance enrollees exists. This study documents the rates of preventive, restorative, endodontic, and surgical dental procedures provided to children enrolled in Delta Dental of Wisconsin (DDWI) in Milwaukee.
Methods: We analyzed DDWI claims data for Milwaukee children aged 0-18 years between 2002 and 2008. We linked the ZIP codes of enrollees to the 2000 US Census information to derive racial/ethnic estimates in the different ZIP codes. We estimated the rates of preventive, restorative, endodontic, …