The association between accessing dental services and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia among 2019 Medicaid beneficiaries

In this 2019 cross-sectional study, we analyzed hospital records for Medicaid beneficiaries who acquired nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia. The results suggest that preventive dental treatment in the 12 months prior or periodontal therapy in the 6 months prior to a hospitalization is associa...

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Published inInfection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 959 - 961
Main Authors Baker, Dian, Giuliano, Karen K., Thakkar-Samtani, Madhuli, Scannapieco, Frank A., Glick, Michael, Restrepo, Marcos I., Heaton, Lisa J., Frantsve-Hawley, Julie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.06.2023
Subjects
Beneficiaries
Biofilms
Codes
Comorbidity
Concise Communication
Confounding (Statistics)
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dental Care
Dental insurance
Disease prevention
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia - epidemiology
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia - prevention & control
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Intubation
Medicaid
Oral hygiene
Patients
Pneumonia
Risk reduction
Sociodemographics
United States - epidemiology
United States
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Summary:In this 2019 cross-sectional study, we analyzed hospital records for Medicaid beneficiaries who acquired nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia. The results suggest that preventive dental treatment in the 12 months prior or periodontal therapy in the 6 months prior to a hospitalization is associated with a reduced risk of NVHAP.
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ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2022.163