The ABCDs of Treating the Most Prevalent Childhood Disease
G. Jay Donahue, MPA,
Nancy Waddell, BA,
Alonzo L. Plough, PhD, MPH,
Michael A. del Aguila, PhD and
Tracy E. Garland, MUP
G. Jay Donahue and Tracy E. Garland are with the Washington Dental Service Foundation, Seattle. At the time of the study, Nancy Waddell was with the Washington Dental Service Foundation and Michael A. del Aguila was with the Delta Dental Data & Analysis Center, Seattle. Alonzo L. Plough is with Public HealthSeattle & King County and the Washington Dental Service Foundation, Seattle.

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FIGURE 1— Percentage of Medicaid enrollees in ABCD and non-ABCD counties aged younger than 6 years who received dental services: Washington State, fiscal years 1997 and 2003.
Note. ABCD = Access to Baby and Child Dentistry. Month in which each county began the ABCD program is given in parentheses.
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FIGURE 2— Use of Medicaid dental services in ABCD and non-ABCD counties among children aged younger than 2 years and younger than 6 years: Washington State, fiscal years 1997 and 2003.
Note. ABCD = Access to Baby and Child Dentistry. All ABCD programs represented in the figure were begun between 1999 and 2002.
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