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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST jR0xWXa5. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. The authors present second-year utilization data and first-and second-year cost data for a community-based program in Spokane County, Washington, designed to increase access to dental care for Medicaid-enrolled children from birth to 60 months of age Methods. The authors used Medicaid eligibility and claims data for 18,727 children 5 years of age and younger to determine utilization of dental care from January 15,1996, through January 15,1997. They also used accounting records from the agencies involved to calculate the first-and second-year costs of the progran Results. A child in the ABCD program was 7.2 times as likely to have at east one dental visit as a Medicaid-enrolled child not in the program. Estimated costs per chilc with at least one dental visit (in 1995 dollars) were $54.30 for the first year and $44.38 for the second year, or $20.09 per enrolled child for the first year and $18.77 for the second year. Conclusion. Public-private joint efforts are effective in improving access to dental care for Medicaid-enrolled children.
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