Oral Health Efforts Under Way To Improve Childrens Access To Dental Services But Sustained Attention Needed To Address Ongoing Concerns

Download or read book Oral Health: Efforts Under Way to Improve Children’s Access to Dental Services, but Sustained Attention Needed to Address Ongoing Concerns written by Katherine Iritani and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) required this study of children's access to dental care. The study assessed: (1) the extent to which dentists participate in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and federal efforts to help families find participating dentists; (2) data on access for Medicaid and CHIP children in different states and in managed care; (3) federal efforts to improve access in underserved areas; and (4) how states and other countries have used mid-level dental providers to improve children's access. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.