Oral health

Completed Projects

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Trends in Health Workforce Supply in the Rural U.S.
Rural communities in the U.S. have struggled to recruit and sustain sufficient health professionals to ensure adequate access to care. This study used multiple sources of data to describe the geographic distribution (rural/urban, regional, and intra-rural) of numerous types of health professionals.
Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Allied health professionals, Healthcare access, Mental and behavioral health, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Oral health, Physician assistants, Physicians

Use of Emergency Departments and Inpatient Care for Conditions Related to Poor Oral Health Care
This study combines patient-level data from emergency departments and inpatient hospitals from selected states with data on dental HPSA designation, Medicaid dental coverage, and area population characteristics to document the extent to which ED and inpatient settings are used to treat problems related to poor oral health care, the charges for such care, and variations in the use of such services by characteristics of the patient and the area.
Research center: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Topics: Health services, Oral health

Access to Health Care for Young Rural Medicaid Beneficiaries
This study examined access to health care among rural children ages 0-17 who are enrolled in some type of Medicaid managed care program, and will compare this access across types of programs and, within program type, to that of urban beneficiaries.
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topics: Children and adolescents, Health services, Medicaid and CHIP, Oral health, Transportation
Rural Access and State Loan Repayment for Dentists
This project will identify and evaluate the effectiveness of state loan repayment programs for dentists on improving access to rural health care. This study will establish baseline information about these programs that can be used by states to design and tailor similar programs for rural access.
Research center: FORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Topics: Oral health, Workforce

Unmet Needs for Health Care Services: An Analysis of Children with Special Health Care Needs in Rural Areas
This project will study whether parents of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCNs) who live in rural areas are less likely to perceive the need for routine and specialty medical care than their metropolitan counterparts, and whether CSHCNs that live in rural areas face a greater risk of having unmet needs for healthcare services than their metropolitan counterparts.
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topics: Children and adolescents, Disabilities, Health services, Oral health

Rural Dentistry: Availability, Practice, and Access
Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Oral health, Workforce