Bexar County's dental safety net for children: An estimate of our current capacity and need


Autoria(s): Mohamed, Carlos N
Data(s)

01/01/2007

Resumo

Introduction. It has been well established that poor uninsured children lack access to dental care and have greater dental needs than their insured counterparts. ^ Objective. To assess the capacity of Bexar County's dental safety net to treat children. To assess the dental needs of Bexar County children ages 0-18 who are uninsured or are Medicaid or SCHIP recipients. ^ Methods. Information was requested from dental safety net clinics that treat children ages 0-18. Data from the census, NHANES and other sources was used to estimate the dental needs. ^ Results. The capacity of the current safety net to treat children is 33,537 patient encounters per year. The dental needs of the community are 227,124 patient encounters per year. ^ Conclusion. The results of the study indicate that Bexar County is not prepared to treat the dental needs of the underserved children in San Antonio.^

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http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/dissertations/AAI1444053

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EN

Publicador

DigitalCommons@The Texas Medical Center

Fonte

Texas Medical Center Dissertations (via ProQuest)

Palavras-Chave #Health Sciences, Dentistry|Health Sciences, Public Health
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