A longitudinal study of young Finnish adults' use of subsidized, private sector dental care, 1986-1997

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 365-372

  Suominen Taipale, Anna Liisa ^a,b   Widström, Eeva ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adults; Health service; Longitudinal; Subsidized dental care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 0034293163     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.028005365.x     Document Type: Article

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