An assessment of capitation in the new General Dental Service contract

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 1996, Pages 3-20

  Blinkhorn, A S ^a   Hassall, D C ^a   Holloway, P J ^a   Mellor, A C ^a   Worthington, H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; COUNSELING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MOLAR; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE MEDICINE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0030162738     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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