Waldman H B, Perlman S P
Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8706, USA.
ASDC J Dent Child. 1997 Nov-Dec;64(6):385-90.
Each year thousands of poor children with disabilities "age out" of dental programs that were established to meet their needs. But now they are older. Most states provide minimal if any dental services (with limited reimbursement levels) for adults within the Medicaid system. In an effort to stimulate an awareness of these difficulties, a review is provided of 1) the number of the "former" children with disabilities who are faced with the unavailability of dental services and 2) the limitations of the adult Medicaid dental program.
每年都有成千上万的贫困残疾儿童“超龄退出”为满足其需求而设立的牙科项目。但现在他们年龄更大了。大多数州在医疗补助体系中为成年人提供的牙科服务极少（报销水平有限），即便有也是微乎其微。为了促使人们认识到这些困难，本文对以下两方面进行了综述：1）面临牙科服务无法获取问题的“曾经的”残疾儿童数量，以及2）成人医疗补助牙科项目的局限性。
