TRENDS IN STATE AGENCY ORAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC-HEALTH EXPENDITURES, 1984 THROUGH 1989

This paper documents oral health and public health expenditures for fi scal years 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1989, as reported by state health age ncies. During this period, reported national expenditures for public a nd oral health increased 68% and 46%, respectively; between successive fiscal years, fewer states (73%, 67%, 57%) reported increased oral he alth expenditures, while increasingly more states reported no categori cal oral health expenditures. Block grant expenditures for oral health increased overall but decreased as a percentage of total oral health expenditures; 16 states reported no block grant expenditures for oral health in fiscal pear 1989, perhaps reflecting either substantial stat e support, or marginal to nonexistent oral health programs in these st ates.