Utilization of dental services in the United States and an insured population.
D Grembowski,
D Conrad and
P Milgrom
Dental service utilization rates among 1.2 million PennsylvaniaBlue Shield dental insureds are compared to rates in the USpopulation. Insurance appears to stimulate the utilization ofdental services above national norms; children appear to bea major beneficiary of insurance's incentive effect on dentalservice use. The implications of these findings for health plannersand dental insurance providers are discussed.
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