TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing dental quality measures
T2 - Emergency department visits for nontraumatic dental conditions and subsequent follow-up dental visits
AU - Obadan-Udoh, Enihomo
AU - Herndon, Jill Boylston
AU - Kohli, Richie
AU - McKernan, Susan
AU - Jura, Matthew
AU - Momany, Elizabeth
AU - Arora, Garima
AU - Sehgal, Harjit Singh
AU - Yansane, Alfa Ibrahim
AU - Mertz, Elizabeth
AU - Ojha, Diptee
AU - Amundson, Craig
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Dental Association
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Background: The goal of this study was to test the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Dental Quality Alliance's adult dental quality measures for system-level implementation for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) emergency department (ED) visits for nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) in adults and follow-up after ED visits for NTDCs in adults. Methods: Medicaid enrollment and claims data from Oregon and Iowa were used for measure testing. Testing included validation of diagnosis codes in claims data through patient record reviews of ED visits and calculations of κ statistic, sensitivity, and specificity. Results: Adult Medicaid enrollees’ ACS NTDC ED visits ranged from 209 through 310 per 100,000 member-months. In both states, patients in the age category 25 through 34 years and non-Hispanic Black patients had the highest rates of ACS ED visits for NTDCs. Only one-third of all ED visits were associated with a follow-up dental visit within 30 days, decreasing to approximately one-fifth with a 7-day follow-up. The agreement between the claims data and patient records for identification of ACS ED visits for NTDCs was 93%, κ statistic was 0.85, sensitivity was 92%, and specificity was 94%. Conclusions: Testing revealed the feasibility, reliability, and validity of 2 DQA quality measures. Most beneficiaries did not have a follow-up with a dentist within 30 days of an ED visit. Practical Implications: Adoption of quality measures by state Medicaid programs and other integrated care systems will enable active tracking of beneficiaries with ED visits for NTDCs and develop strategies to connect them to dental homes.
AB - Background: The goal of this study was to test the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Dental Quality Alliance's adult dental quality measures for system-level implementation for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) emergency department (ED) visits for nontraumatic dental conditions (NTDCs) in adults and follow-up after ED visits for NTDCs in adults. Methods: Medicaid enrollment and claims data from Oregon and Iowa were used for measure testing. Testing included validation of diagnosis codes in claims data through patient record reviews of ED visits and calculations of κ statistic, sensitivity, and specificity. Results: Adult Medicaid enrollees’ ACS NTDC ED visits ranged from 209 through 310 per 100,000 member-months. In both states, patients in the age category 25 through 34 years and non-Hispanic Black patients had the highest rates of ACS ED visits for NTDCs. Only one-third of all ED visits were associated with a follow-up dental visit within 30 days, decreasing to approximately one-fifth with a 7-day follow-up. The agreement between the claims data and patient records for identification of ACS ED visits for NTDCs was 93%, κ statistic was 0.85, sensitivity was 92%, and specificity was 94%. Conclusions: Testing revealed the feasibility, reliability, and validity of 2 DQA quality measures. Most beneficiaries did not have a follow-up with a dentist within 30 days of an ED visit. Practical Implications: Adoption of quality measures by state Medicaid programs and other integrated care systems will enable active tracking of beneficiaries with ED visits for NTDCs and develop strategies to connect them to dental homes.
KW - Medicaid
KW - Oral health care use
KW - access to care
KW - quality of care
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.03.008
DO - 10.1016/j.adaj.2023.03.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 37140496
AN - SCOPUS:85156101148
SN - 0002-8177
VL - 154
SP - 507
EP - 518
JO - Journal of the American Dental Association
JF - Journal of the American Dental Association
IS - 6
ER -