Health Equity Needs Teeth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15747974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eleanor Fleming (0000-0003-4415-5410, Meharry Medical College, corresponding author), Julie Frantsve‐Hawley (0000-0002-8342-4655, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program), Myechia Minter‐Jordan (Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | E48-56 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/amajethics.2022.48 |
| PMID | 35133728 |
| OpenAlex | W4210465472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
People who are poor or members of communities of color face inequitable oral disease burden. Continued separation of dental and oral health from general medical care exacerbates inequity and forces members of underserved communities to seek nontraumatic dental emergency care in hospital emergency departments. This trend is unnecessarily costly and results in antibiotic prescriptions and pain management that are neither restorative nor responsive to patients' primary complaints. Value-based approaches to health care need to unify mouth care with general medical care, motivate medical-dental interprofessional practice, promote oral disease prevention, and support restorative dental care. Value-based approaches to health care must also innovate fiscal structures (eg, payment models, data sharing) to improve health outcomes for everyone
Business · Dental care · Equity (law · Family medicine · Health care · Medical emergency · Medical prescription · Oral health · Oral health care · Payment · Political science · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Finance
The Political Determinants of Health
Overcoming Historical Separation between Oral and General Health Care
Understanding value in oral health
Demonstration of payer readiness for value‐based care in a fee‐for‐service environment
Tobacco screening and cessation efforts by dental providers
The wicked problem of the oral health care system
Problems With Access to Dental Care for Medicaid-Insured Children
Emergency Department Visits for Nontraumatic Dental Problems
Tackling racism as a "wicked" public health problem
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |