Table 3.

All-Cause Emergency Department Visit and Inpatient Utilization Unadjusted and Adjusted Rate Ratios (Year 3). ^a

Outcome	Unadjusted	Adjusted	95% CI
Emergency department visits
Any dental vs. no dental	1.06	1.03	1.02–1.04
Any preventive care vs. no dental	0.92	0.98	0.97–1.00
Preventive care without Ext/Endo vs. no dental	0.84	0.97	0.95–0.98
Preventive care and Ext/Endo vs. no dental	1.10	1.01	0.99–1.03
Ext/Endo without preventive care vs. no dental	1.56	1.16	1.13–1.19
Inpatient admissions
Any dental vs. no dental	0.93	0.92	0.90–0.94
Any preventive care vs. no dental	0.77	0.87	0.85–0.89
Preventive care without Ext/Endo vs. no dental	0.69	0.86	0.84–0.89
Preventive care and Ext/Endo vs. no dental	0.97	0.89	0.86–0.92
Ext/Endo without preventive care vs. no dental	1.44	1.03	0.99–1.08

Endo, endodontic; Ext, extraction.

^aAdjusted rate ratios refer to after adjustment by propensity score using regression modeling.