Across the United States: Wealth and Insurance Coverage as Predictors of Delayed Alveolar Bone Graft
Hanna Pfershy, Jonathan Richard, Elizabeth Bushong, Darin Patmon, Ryan Badiee, Brooke Dudick, Anna Carlson, Jason Pomerantz, Gregory Fulton, John Girotto · 2026
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Description
Hanna Pfershy and nine colleagues ask why some children get alveolar bone graft surgery late. The graft repairs the gum ridge in children born with cleft conditions, and it works best before age twelve. The team gathered records from three United States institutions in very different states.
The study covered 587 patients, with a mean age at surgery of ten and a half years. Twenty-nine percent had surgery after age twelve, and 44 percent had Medicaid cover. Children on Medicaid were older at surgery and more often late than those with private cover. Income relative to the state median also tracked with delay. Insurance and wealth, the authors conclude, shape timing of care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hanna Pfershy, Jonathan Richard, Elizabeth Bushong, Darin Patmon, Ryan Badiee, Brooke Dudick, Anna Carlson, Jason Pomerantz, Gregory Fulton, John Girotto |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |