Table 5.

Multiple logistic regression for preventive and specialized dental care controlling for community (state) and policy level covariates.

	Midwest		Northeast		South		West
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Preventive dental care	1.081	(0.92–1.27)	–	–	1.523	(1.28–1.81)	1.529	(1.29–1.82)
Other dental care	0.871	(0.71–1.07)	–	–	1.174	(0.94–1.47)	1.384	(1.11–1.72)

Regression models control for poverty rate, children Medicaid enrollees, children with Medicaid who received dental treatment (2011), Medicaid payment per child enrollee, Active physicians per 100,000 population, number of Dentists per 10,000 population, population living in a Dental HPSA.

For each analysis, Northeast was used as the reference group as it had the lowest percent of respondents reporting that they did not receive all needed care.

OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.