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Table 2 Bivariate associations between DWP and Medicaid participation and demographic and practice characteristics (n = 544)

From: A tale of two public dental benefit programs: Iowa dentist participation in traditional Medicaid versus a Medicaid expansion program

Characteristic

DWP Participation N(%)

Medicaid participation N(%)

 

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

Age (mean; T-test)

51.7

50.2

1.0

50.7

51.0

.70

Gender

  

.02

  

.31

 Female

53 (34.4)

101 (65.6)

 

75 (48.7)

79 (51.3)

 

 Male

178 (45.6)

212 (54.4)

 

171 (43.8)

219 (56.2)

 

Full vs. part-time practice

  

.31

  

.07

 Full time (32+ hours/week)

199 (43.5)

258 (56.5)

 

215 (47.0)

242 (53.0)

 

 Part time (<32 hours/week)

32 (37.6)

53 (62.4)

 

31 (36.5)

54 (63.5)

 

Role in practice

  

.26

  

.83

 Solo owner or partner

193 (44.2)

244 (55.8)

 

197 (45.1)

240 (54.9)

 Associate, independent contractor, or employee

36 (37.9)

59 (62.1)

 

44 (46.3)

51 (53.7)

Practice busyness

  

.01

  

.75

 Too busy

69 (41.3)

98 (58.7)

 

74 (44.3)

93 (55.7)

 

 Just busy enough

119 (40.9)

172 (59.1)

 

139 (47.8)

152 (52.2)

 

 Not busy enough

37 (61.7)

23 (38.3)

 

29 (48.3)

31 (51.7)

 

Practice location

  

.11

  

.002

 Rural county

105 (46.5)

121 (53.5)

 

120 (53.1)

106 (46.9)

 

 Urban county

126 (39.6)

192 (60.4)

 

126 (39.6)

192 (60.4)