Recommendations for endodontic referral among practitioners in a dental HMO

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 369-375

  Caplan, Daniel J ^a,d   Reams, Gregg ^b   Weintraub, Jane A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST; ENDODONTICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; ENDODONTICS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0033130041     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0099-2399(06)81174-X     Document Type: Article

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