Income-related inequality in the use of dental services in Finland

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-262

  Nguyen, Lien ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 22544467521     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200403040-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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