Willingness to pay for dental fear treatment. Is supplying dental fear treatment socially beneficial?

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-308

  Halvorsen, Bente ^a,b   Willumsen, Tiril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental fear treatment; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SEDATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; DENTAL ANXIETY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEAR; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORWAY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944402136     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-004-0238-1     Document Type: Article

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