Nurses' dental assessments and subsequent care in Minnesota nursing homes

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Thai, Paul H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MINNESOTA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030622457     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1997.tb00530.x     Document Type: Article

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