Does dental service utilization drop during economic recession? The example of Finland, 1991-94

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-114

  Suominen Taipale, Liisa ^a   Widström, Eeva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adults; Interview; Use of dental services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DMF INDEX; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032037197     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01936.x     Document Type: Review

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