Restorative cost savings related to dental sealants in Alabama Medicaid children

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 572-576

  Dasanayake, Ananda P ^a   Li, Yufeng ^b   Kirk, Katharine ^b   Bronstein, Janet ^b   Childers, Noel K ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Medicaid; Sealants

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COST CONTROL; DENTAL SURGERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1342327715     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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