Provision of public dental services in urban, rural and remote locations

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Brennan, David S ^a   Spencer, A John ^a   Slade, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic location; Public dental services; Remote; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSTHODONTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SURGERY, ORAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030236169     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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