An exploratory study combining hospital episode statistics with socio-demographic variables, to examine the access and utilisation of hospital oral surgery services

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-213

  Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Bedi, Raman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental services; Deprivation; Health resources; Health services accessibility; Health services research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 0031306750     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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