Undoing structural racism in dentistry: Advocacy for dental therapy.

Like other areas of health, structural racism has a deep impact on oral health and is a key driver of racial inequities in access to care and outcomes. Racism also structures the relationship between oral health and access to economic opportunities. As a result, communities of color, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, and low-income populations experience the highest rates of the health, social, and economic costs of dental disease.

Access to care among children with disabilities enrolled in the MassHealth CommonHealth Buy-In program.

Children with disabilities utilize more health-care services and incur higher costs than other children do. Medicaid Buy-In programs for children with disabilities have the potential to increase access to benefits while reducing out-of-pocket costs for families whose income exceeds Medicaid eligibility. This study sought to understand how parents and caregivers of Massachusetts children with disabilities perceive access to care under CommonHealth, Massachusetts's Medicaid Buy-In program.

House Calls: The Impact of Home-Based Care for Older Adults With Alzheimer's and Dementia.

Older adults with Alzheimer's/dementia have high health care costs; they may benefit from home-based care, but few have home visits. This article describes a home-based care program for frail elders, including those with Alzheimer's/dementia. Descriptive statistics are provided for Medicare-enrolled program participants and matched controls with Alzheimer's/dementia on expenditures along six services: skilled nursing facility, inpatient acute, physician, home health, hospice, and social services.