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Table 4 Costs of dental services for all covered children (Age < = 18) with at least one use per year

From: Impacts of innovation in dental care delivery and payment in Medicaid managed care for children and adolescents

Year

Baseline Period

Intervention Period

2014

2015

2016

2017

Group

Ctrl.

Intv.

Ctrl.

Intv.

Ctrl.

Intv.

Ctrl.

Intv.

Total Sample Size

29,690

59,684

32,053

64,232

32,102

64,232

20,395

54,938

Costs [Mean (S.D.)]

 Any Use of Dental Services

$213.40 (197.60)

$212.10 (200.90)

$212.10 (205.00)

$208.60 (197.50)

$208.90 (203.60)

$209.20 (200.50)

$208.50 (196.10)

$210.50 (200.20)

 Any Preventive Service (CDT D1000-D1999)

$92.18 (70.15)

$92.20 (70.39)

$92.01 (70.54)

$90.77 (69.71)

$89.90 (71.33)

$90.09 (69.69)

$91.12 (69.85)

$90.82 (70.12)

 Fluoride Varnish (CDT D1206)

$19.69 (11.16)

$19.82 (10.85)

$19.54 (10.73)

$19.56 (10.81)

$19.51 (10.72)

$19.40 (10.41)

$19.60 (10.65)

$19.49 (10.57)

 Topical Fluoride,except Varnish (CDT D1208)

$16.96 (6.11)

$16.99 (6.26)

$17.16 (6.40)

$16.99 (6.43)

$16.64 (5.88)

$16.92 (6.22)

$16.73 (6.01)

$16.87 (6.17)

 Sealants (CDT D1351)

$65.92 (35.90)

$66.25 (38.50)

$66.80 (36.86)

$66.71 (37.32)

$65.68 (37.20)

$66.21 (37.47)

$66.10 (36.39)

$66.52 (36.98)

Caries Arrest,by Silver Diamine Fluoride (CDT D1354)

$73.57 (99.98)

$71.65 (97.74)

$75.05 (97.64)

$72.16 (97.50)

$74.64 (108.20)

$73.19 (96.89)

$73.10 (99.68)

$73.98 (99.01)

Any Diagnostic Service (CDT 0001–0999)

$63.40 (38.69)

$62.96 (38.73)

$63.24 (39.02)

$62.57 (38.34)

$63.54 (38.83)

$62.96 (38.25)

$63.03 (37.54)

$63.39 (38.31)

Any Restorative Service (D2000–2999)

$141.20 (156.00)

$137.00 (156.30)

$140.40 (157.70)

$138.40 (153.60)

$137.50 (152.50)

$139.10 (155.00)

$137.50 (152.40)

$141.70 (157.40)

Any Extraction Services (D7140, D7210, D7250)

$167.60 (129.20)

$171.40 (141.30)

$180.20 (165.30)

$170.80 (140.30)

$174.10 (137.00)

$177.50 (149.60)

$167.10 (137.70)

$169.90 (137.10)

  1. (1) Ctrl Control, Intv. Intervention
  2. (2) Since the distributions of control and intervention group in every year was positively skewed (disproportionately large amount of zeros), two-sample tests are not valid for them
  3. (3) All costs are actual dollar amount in their corresponding years