Consistency across panels of ratings of appropriateness of dental care treatment procedures

Community Dental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Coulter, Ian D ^a,b   Marcus, Marvin ^a   Freed, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Consensus panels; Dental procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; CROWNS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032084470     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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