Dental care utilization: A study of 50-to 75-year-olds in Southern Sweden

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-24

  Collin Bagewitz, Ingrid ^a   Söderfeldt, Björn ^b   Palmqvist, Sigvard ^b   Nilner, Krister ^b  

^a Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Costs; Dental insurance; Dentures; Edentulism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0036359396     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163502753471952     Document Type: Article

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