Travel insurance claims made by travellers from Australia for dental conditions

International Dental Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 267-272

  Leggat, P A ^b   Leggat, F W ^a   Kedjarune, U ^c  

^a James Cook University ^*

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Claims; Dental emergency; Travel insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORAL SURGERY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; TIME; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0035431725     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2001.tb00836.x     Document Type: Article

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