Charges for oral health care during a period of economic growth in the US: 1987-96

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-111

  Chattopadhyay, Amit ^b   Slade, Gary D ^a,c   Shugars, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Dental Ecology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dental care; Dental economics; Health expenditures; Hispanics; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL HEALTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEES, DENTAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041919503     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2003.tb03483.x     Document Type: Article

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