A Rural vs. Urban Analysis of Procedures Provided to Medicaid Recipients by Pediatric, General, and Public Health Dentists in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Fiscal Years 1994-1995

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the distribution of procedures provided to Virginia Medicaid children by three types of dental providers in rural and urban areas. Methods: Medicaid claims filed for dental patients younger than 21 were obtained and analyzed for fiscal years 1994 and 1995. Dental providers were categorized according to their practice type: general practice (GP), pediatric (PD) and public health (PH) dentists. Each type of practice was categorized as practicing in a Metropolitan, Urban, Rural or Completely Rural location and evaluated for percentages of preventive, diagnostic, and corrective services provided.Results: The number of procedures was shown to differ depending upon: year, practice type, location, significant provider status, and the type of procedure.Conclusion: General, pediatric and public health dentists in Metropolitan and Urban areas perform slightly more diagnostic services and much less corrective services than practitioners in more rural areas.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Pediatric Dentistry

Year dc:date.available

2003

Author dc:creator

• Pettinato, Frank Carmen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Frank H. Farrington

• Medicaid
• claim
• comparative analysis
• general dentistry
• pediatric dentistry
• public healthdentistry
• rural dentistry
• metropolitan
• urban
• Dentistry
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Pediatric Dentistry and Pedodontics

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• © The Author

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https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/764

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oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1763