Improving the Lives of Young Children: Opportunities for Care Coordination and Case Management for Children Receiving Services for Developmental Delay

Summarizes new opportunities for states to develop a coordinated system of care for children receiving early childhood intervention and services and how providers can support effective care coordination and case management policies

International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2011

This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organization, quality of care, health disparities, efficiency and integration, use of health information technology, use of evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations. In addition, summary tables provide data on a number of key health system characteristics and performance indicators, including overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, patient safety, care coordination, chronic care management, disease prevention, capacity for quality improvement, and public views

Factors and Outcomes Associated with Dental Care Use Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adults

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Poor oral health is associated with pain, decreased chewing function, negative social perceptions, and reduced quality of life. Low-income adults disproportionally have worse oral health and use dental services at lower rates than higher-income adults. This disparity is associated with individual demographic and socioeconomic factors, cost and coverage barriers, as well as the supply and location of dental providers. Although the full causal pathway remains elusive, evidence suggests an association with poor oral health and an exacerbation of chronic diseases symptoms. Thus, adequate provision of dental care has important population health implications. Despite this importance, dental care use among low-income adults is particularly underexplored. Furthermore, existing research lacks robust methodological designs to mitigate bias from unobserved confounders. Dental coverage for low-income adults through Medicaid is emerging as a way to provide services to this population. However, given state budget constraints, comprehensive public dental benefits are uncommon or at risk of being cut. Therefore, it is important to quantify the individual and economic value of dental care use among adult Medicaid enrollees. This dissertation examines factors and outcomes associated with dental care use among Medicaid-enrolled adults in Indiana. This dissertation includes three studies 1) a pooled cross-sectional analysis that measures the association of individual and community level factors with dental care use, 2) a repeated measures study with individual fixed effects to examine whether receipt of preventive dental care is associated with fewer subsequent non-preventive dental visits and lower total annual dental expenditures, and 3) an empirical study that utilizes an instrumental variable estimation method to examine the effect of preventive dental visits on medical and pharmacy expenditures. Overall, this dissertation attempts to understand the correlates of dental care use, the effectiveness of preventive dental care, and the association between preventive dental care and medical expenditures

2000 - 2001 Bulletin

Loma Linda UniversitySchool of Allied Health ProfessionsBulletin 2000-2001 Volume 89, Number 5, October 1, 2000https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/sahp_bulletin/1004/thumbnail.jp