Private dental coverage: Who has it and how does it influence dental visits and expenditures?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1551-1559

  Manski, Richard J ^a   Macek, Mark D ^b   Moeller, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036834078     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0087     Document Type: Article

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