A comparison of dental services received by Medicaid and privately insured adult populations

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Sweet, Mark ^a,b,c   Damiamo, Peter ^a,d   Rivera, Eric ^a,e,f   Kuthy, Raymond ^a   Heller, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Chesser Dental Center

^c Ft Polk DENTAC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Graduate Program

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care utilization; Endodontics; Insurance; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; IOWA; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 13844318261     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0034     Document Type: Article

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