Preventive service utilisation as a predictor for emergency dental examinations

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-23

  Powers, Laurene J ^a   Grana, James R ^a,b   Keen, Nicholas D ^a   Hanchak, Nicholas A ^a  

^a AETNA   (United States)

^b US Quality Algorithms ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dental prevention; Emergency dental services; Logistics regression; Managed care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TEXAS;

EID: 0034151290     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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