Patterns of emergency department use for dental and oral health care: implications for dental and medical care coordination

ConclusionsCoordination of medical and dental treatment might improve health and reduce costs if targeted to high user populations. Health‐care delivery reforms, such as accountable care organizations, could provide vehicles for achieving this coordination. Important challenges include fragmentation of ED visits across hospitals, adequacy of dentist supply, and broader reliance on the ED for health problems.
Source: Journal of Public Health Dentistry - Category: Dentistry Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research