Why dentists shun Medicaid: impact on children, especially children with special needs.
The Medicaid dental program was established to ensure that needed dental services were obtainable for poor children and adults. General Accounting Office reports and related studies, however, provided a detailed review of the consequences of the economic limitations on the effectiveness of this program. Emphasis in this review was placed on the reluctance of dental practitioners to participate, the resultant limited use of dental services, and the particular problems of youngsters with special health care needs.
Waldman
H Barry
HB
Dept of General Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, USA. hwaldman@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Perlman
Steven P
SP
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D003815:Dentists; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States