The relationship between price of services, quality of care, and patient time costs for general dental practice

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 773-790

  Whitney, Coralyn W ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^a   Conrad, Douglas ^a   Fiset, Louis ^a   O'Hara, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dental care; dental fees; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; UNITED STATES;

FEES, DENTAL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0031036926     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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