fa Factors Affecting Age at First Dental Exam for Medicaid-enrolled Children Seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers کودکان Pediatric Dentistry پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Purpose:</strong></p><p>  The purpose of this study was to estimate age at first dental visit (FDV) and identify variables predicting earlier visits for Medicaid-enrolled children at Iowa Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC). </p><p> <strong>Methods:</strong></p><p>  Statewide Medicaid claims data were used to draw a random sample of children who received their FDV prior to six years old at a FQHC, were Medicaid-enrolled within the first two months of life, and remained continuously enrolled over the study period. Forty children from each of five FQHCs had their dental charts abstracted and merged with other Medicaid records and birth certificate data. The logarithmic age at FDV was regressed against several predictor variables. </p><p> <strong>Results:</strong></p><p>  Mean and median ages for FDV were 25.6 and 23 months old, respectively. When controlling for other variables, there were differences in FDV age according to: mother's marital status (P=.04) whether the child had any medical well-child visits (MCVs) at a FQHC prior to the FDV (P<.001) and which FQHC the child visited. Only approximately 28 percent of these children, however, had any MCV at the FQHC. <strong></strong></p><p> <strong>Conclusions:</strong></p><p>  Medicaid-enrolled children who visited Federally Qualified Health Centers for their first dental visit were seen at an earlier age than previously recorded for such health centers (mean=four years old). Children who also received any medical well-child visits at FQHCs were more likely to have earlier FDVs. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Journal of American Academy of ‍ Pediatric Dentistry</p><p> <a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aapd/pd/2013/00000035/00000003/art00015" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> CHILDREN; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL RECORDS; MEDICAID 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-2550&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Raymond A. Kuthy raymond-kuthy@uiowa.edu 100319475328460012087 100319475328460012087 Yes Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Bhagyashree Pendharkar 100319475328460012088 100319475328460012088 No College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Elizabeth T. Momany 100319475328460012089 100319475328460012089 No Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Michael P. Jones 100319475328460012090 100319475328460012090 No Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Natoshia M. Askelson 100319475328460012091 100319475328460012091 No Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Donald L. Chi 100319475328460012092 100319475328460012092 No Department of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., USA George L. Wehby 100319475328460012093 100319475328460012093 No Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Peter C. Damiano 100319475328460012094 100319475328460012094 No Public Policy Center College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, both at the College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA