An economic evaluation of a publicly funded dental prevention programme in regional and rural Victoria: An extrapolated analysis

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-151

  Crowley, Steven J ^b   Campain, Adele C ^a   Morgan, Michael V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Dental caries; Fluoride mouth rinse; Pit and fissure sealants

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034263940     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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