Summary :
State Medicaid programs nationally have beenintroducing managed care into their Medicaid programs. In some states Medicaid managed care programs include dental as part of their managed care plans while in others, dental is a separate fee-for-service program operated by the state Medicaid program. Access to and satisfaction with dental services are particularly important issues for Medicaid enrollees because of the possible additional barriers they face in obtaining dental care. This study evaluated access to and satisfaction of Medicaid enrollees in three different types of dental plans in Missouri: traditional fee-for-service (FFS), Medicaid HMOs, and a sole-source contracting in the mid-Missouri (mid-MO) region. A sample of 3,000 Medicaid enrollees were selected from a list of all Medicaid enrollees, 1,000 from each dental program.

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