An assessment of capitation in the General Dental Service Contract 1. The level of caries and its treatment in regularly attending children and adolescents

British Dental Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 418-423

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

^a Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; STATE DENTISTRY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0031567440     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809402     Document Type: Article

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