Early preventive dental visits: Effects on subsequent utilization and costs

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Savage, Matthew F ^a   Lee, Jessica Y ^b,c   Kotch, Jonathan B ^c   Vann Jr , William F ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Early childhood caries; First dental visit; Medicaid dental use; Preventive dental visit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 10244260335     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-0469-F     Document Type: Article

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