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EPSDT's Role in Improving Child Vision, Hearing, and Oral Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Jane Perkins
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Abstract

The Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit offers health care coverage specifically targeted to meet the needs to low-income children and children with disabilities. This article provides a brief overview of EPSDT and then discusses how states are working to bring vision, hearing, and oral health services to children through EPSDT.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 45 , Issue S1: 2016 Public Health Law Conference — Lead, Connect, Innovate: Strategies for Achieving Health Equity , Spring 2017 , pp. 65 - 68
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2017

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