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Richard J. Manski D.D.S. M.B.A. Ph.D.
Professor and Director
rmanski@umaryland.edu

Research Interests:

• Use of dental services
• Health care finance
• Third party reimbursement
• Access to care

Richard J. Manski, earned his D.D.S. at Howard University, his M.B.A. at the University of Massachusetts and his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. He is a Professor at the Dental School University of Maryland. Dr. Manski has established a nationally recognized expertise in data analyses, oral health services research, and oral health policy. Dr. Manski conducts research in health care finance, third party reimbursement and access to care. He is also a member of the Dental Economics Advisory Group and was a member of the Committee on the Future of Dentistry for the American Dental Association. He is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed professional journals including the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of the American Dental Association and the Journal of Public Health Dentistry.  Currently, Dr. Manski is serving as a senior scholar at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). As a senior scholar, Dr. Manski provides advice to AHRQ staff on issues related to measuring dental care expenditures, interpretation of dental health insurance benefits and methods for enhancement of subsequent waves within longitudinal MEPS studies. In addition, he provides substantive input into the development of MEPS survey instruments related to health insurance benefits for oral health care and into the editing and imputation of MEPS survey data related to use, source, expenditures and health insurance benefits for oral health care. Dr. Manski also provides technical assistance and advice to the oral health community on issues related to dental care expenditures, dental benefit and dental utilization data. Dr. Manski has conducted analyses on and is fluent in the use of several nationally representative data sets including the 1986 and 1989 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS), the 1977 National Medical Care Expenditure Survey, the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. As a result of these analyses, Dr. Manski has published a number of papers on matters that relate to dental health care finance, third party reimbursement for dental care and access to dental care.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications:

Manski, R. J. and Cooper, P. F. “Dental Care Use: Does Dental Insurance Truly Make a Difference in the Us?” Community Dental Health, 24(4):205-212 December 2007.

Manski R., Chen, H., Chenete, R.R., and Coller, S., Survey Of The Oral Health Status Of Maryland School Children 2005-2006. Family Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene; Baltimore, Maryland 2007.

Manski, R. J. and Brown, E. Dental Use, Expenses, Private Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007. MEPS Chartbook No.17.

Allison, A. and Manski, R. J., “The Supply of Dentists and Access to Care in Rural Kansas,” The Journal of Rural Health, 23(3):198-206 Summer 2007.

Cohen L. A. and Manski, R. J., “Visits to Non-Dentists Health Care Providers for Dental, Problems: A National Perspective,” Family Medicine, 38(8):556-564 September 2006.

Drilea, S. K., Reid, B. C., Li, C. H., Hyman, J. J. and Manski, R. J., “Dental Visits Among Smoking and Nonsmoking U.S. Adults in 2000,” American Journal of Health Behavior, 29(5):462-471. September/October 2005.

Goodman, H.S., Manski, M.C., Williams J.N. and Manski, R.J., “An Analysis of Preventive Dental Visits by Provider Type: 1996” Journal of the American Dental Association, 136(2):221-228 February 2005.

Mullins CD, Cohen LA, Magder LS, Manski RJ. “Medicaid Coverage and Utilization of Adult Dental Services,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2004;
15(4):672-87.

Macek, M.D., Cohen, L.A., Reid, B.C. and Manski, R.J., “Dental Visits Among Older U.S. Adults, 1999: The Roles Of Dentition Status And Cost” Journal of the American Dental Association, 135(8):1154-1162 August 2004.

Brown E, Manski R. Dental services: Use, expenses, and sources of payment, 1996-2000. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2004. MEPS Research Findings Research and Quality; 2004. MEPS Research Findings No. 20. AHRQ Pub. No. 04-0018.

Manski, R.J., Goodman, H.S., Reid, B.C., Macek, M.D., “Dental Insurance Visits and Expenditures Among Older Adults” American Journal of Public Health, 94(5):759–764, May 2004.

Cohen, L.A., Magder, L S., Manski, R.J. and Mullins, D, “Hospital Admissions Associated with Non-traumatic Dental Emergencies” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 21(7):540-544, November 2003.

Cohen, L.A., Manski, R.J., Magder, L S. and Mullins, D, “A Medicaid Population’s Use of Physicians’ Offices for Dental Problems” American Journal of Public Health, 93(8):1297-1301, August 2003.

Manski, R.J., Moeller, J.F. and Hupp J.R., “An Analysis of Oral Surgical Dental Visits by Provider Type, 1996” Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontics, 94(6):687-691, December 2002.

Manski, R.J., Macek, M.D., and Moeller, J.F., “Private Dental Coverage: Who Has it and How Does it Influence Dental Visits and Expenditures?” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(11):1551-1559, November 2002.

Brown, L.J., Wall, T.P. and Manski, R.J., “Recent Trends in the Funding of Dental Services and Sources of Funding Among U.S. Adults” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(5):627-635, May 2002.

Macek, M.D., Manski, R.J., Vargas, C.M. and Moeller, J., "Comparing Oral Health Care Utilization Estimates in the U.S. Across Three Nationally Representative Surveys," Health Services Research, 37(2):499-521, April 2002.

Wall, T.P., Brown, L.J., and Manski, R.J., “Recent Trends in the Funding of Dental Services and Sources of Funding Among U.S. Children 2 to 17 Years Old” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(4):477-482, April 2002.

Edelstein B.L., Manski R.J. and Moeller J.F., “Child Dental Expenditures, 1996,” Pediatric Dentistry, 24(1):11-17, February 2002.

Manski, R.J. and Moeller, J.F., “Dental Services: An Analysis of Visits, Procedures and Providers, 1996,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 133(2):167-175, February 2002.

Watson, M.R., Manski, R.J. and Macek, M.D., “The Impact of Income at the ‘Poor’ and ‘Near Poor’ Poverty Levels on Child and Adolescent Preventive Dental Visits,” Journal of the American Dental Association, 132(11):1580-1588, November 2001.

Macek M.D., Edelstein B.L., Manski R.J., “An Analysis of Dental Visits in U.S. Children, By Category of Service and Sociodemographic Factors, 1996.,” Pediatric Dentistry, 23(5):383-389, September/October 2001.

Manski, R.J., "Access to Dental Care: An Opportunity Waiting," Journal of the American College of Dentists, 68(2):12-15, Fall 2001.