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Dental Use and Expenditures for Older Uninsured Americans: The Simulated Impact of Expanded Coverage

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Manski, Richard J., Moeller, John F., Chen, Haiyan, Schimmel, Jody, Pepper, John V., St. Clair, Patricia A.·2015·Health Services Research
DOI 10.1111/1475-6773.12205PMC PMC4295003
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Objective: To determine if providing dental insurance to older A mericans would close the current gaps in dental use and expenditure between insured and uninsured older Americans. Data Sources/Study Setting: We used data from the 2008 Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) supplemented by data from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Study Design: We compared the simulated dental use and expenditures rates of newly insured persons against the corresponding rates for those previously insured. Data Collection/Extraction Methods: The HRS is a nationally representative survey administered by the Institute for Social Research (ISR). The MEPS is a nationally representative household survey sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Principal Findings: We found that expanding dental coverage to older uninsured Americans would close previous gaps in dental use and expense between uninsured and insured noninstitutionalized A mericans 55 years and older. Conclusions: Providing dental coverage to previously uninsured older adults would produce estimated monthly costs net of markups for administrative costs that comport closely to current market rates. Estimates also suggest that the total cost of providing dental coverage targeted specifically to nonusers of dental care may be less than similar costs for prior users.

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Authors
Manski, R. J., Moeller, J. F., Chen, H., Schimmel, J., Pepper, J. V., & St. Clair, P. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • Mathematica Policy Research (US)
  • University of Virginia (US)
  • Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics RAND Corporation Center for the Study of Aging Los Angeles CA
Corresponding author
Manski, Richard J.
ORCID
Venue
Health Services Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-07-15
Volume
50
Issue
1
Pages
117-135
ISSN
  • 0017-9124 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-6773
DOI
10.1111/1475-6773.12205
PMC
PMC4295003
OpenAlex
W1987296021
Cited by
18
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
FWCI
2.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Health Services Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (U01AG009740)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (R01DE021678)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › General Dentistry › Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Keywords
dental insurance, older adults, uninsured population, dental care utilization, dental care costs, health insurance expansion, insurance coverage gaps
MeSH terms
Aged, Dental Health Services, Health Expenditures, Female, Humans, Insurance, Dental, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Medically Uninsured

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