TABLE 2—
Results of Unadjusted Analysis of the Impact of Early Head Start (EHS) Enrollment on Preventive, Treatment, Emergency, and Overall Dental Care Use After 24 Months: Zero Out Early Childhood Caries Study, North Carolina
| Visit Typea | EHS Group (n = 479), % | Non-EHS Group (n = 699), % | OR (95% CI)b |
| Overall | 81 | 59 | 3.5 (2.6, 4.6) |
| Preventive | 79 | 56 | 3.4 (2.6, 4.6) |
| Treatment | 8 | 9 | 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) |
| Emergency | 2 | 2 | 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Baseline data were collected from 2010–2012; 24-month follow-up data were collected from 2012–2014.
a
At least 1 visit in given category.
b
Odds ratio estimates for unadjusted random intercept models. A random effect was used to adjust for clustering within each of the 25 EHS programs.