Hospital Admissions Associated with Nontraumatic Dental Emergencies in a Medicaid Population

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 540-544

  Cohen, Leonard A ^a   Magder, Laurence S ^a   Manski, Richard J ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental emergencies; Dental visits; Hospital admissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 0344305556     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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