| The effects of general anesthesia legislation on operating room visits by preschool children undergoing dental treatment. | |
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PMID: 18402104 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of state-level general anesthesia (GA) legislation on operating room visits for the treatment of dental caries on preschool-aged children. METHODS: The North Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Discharge Database was used to observe GA visits for fiscal years (FY) 1997 to 2001. A pretest/post-test design with concurrent comparison groups was used for 2 analyses: (1) all children treated for dental caries were compared to those treated for otitis media; and (2) those whose treatment for dental caries was reimbursed by Medicaid were compared to those whose treatment for dental caries was not reimbursed by Medicaid. RESULTS: In the prelegislation period (FY 1997 and 1998), there were 3,857 GA visits for dental core and 21,038 for otitis media. Postlegislation (FY 2000 and 2001) dental visits increased to 5,511(43%), and otitis media visits increased to 22,279 (6%)-a statistically significant difference (P<.05). Before the legislation, there were 1,370 non-Medicaid dental visits and 2,487 Medicaid dental visits. Non-Medicaid and Medicaid dental visits postlegislation increased to 2,195 (60%) and 3,316 (33%), respectively. This difference was significant (P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: General anesthesia legislation resulted in an increase in access to care for children needing dental care in North Carolina. |
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Authors:
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Halley R White; Jessica Y Lee; R Gary Rozier |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pediatric dentistry Volume: 30 ISSN: 0164-1263 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Dent Publication Date: 2008 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-11 Completed Date: 2008-05-30 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909102 Medline TA: Pediatr Dent Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 70-5 Citation Subset: D; IM |
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Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. |
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Age Factors Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data Anesthesia, Dental* / statistics & numerical data Anesthesia, General* / statistics & numerical data Anesthesiology / legislation & jurisprudence* Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Dental Care for Children / legislation & jurisprudence*, statistics & numerical data Dental Caries / therapy Female Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data Humans Male Medicaid / statistics & numerical data North Carolina Operating Rooms* Otitis Media / therapy Reimbursement Mechanisms / statistics & numerical data Sex Factors United States |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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1 K22 DE 14743/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS |
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