Emergency Dental Care in the ACA Era: Rural–Urban Disparities and Their Association With State Medicaid Policy

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Highlights a study exploring the role Medicaid expansion has played in the utilization of emergency department (ED) visits for nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) among adults in rural and urban areas. Details the rates of ED utilization for NTDCs in rural and urban hospitals in 8 states and explores rates based on states' Medicaid policy.

Marvellous A. Akinlotan, Dan Burch, Alva O. Ferdinand

Public Health Dentistry, 86(1), 99-108

01/2026

Access · Medicaid · Oral health · Policy · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data