Dental Insurance Visits and Expenditures among Older Adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 759-764

  Manski, Richard J ^a,b   Goodman, Harold S ^a   Reid, Britt C ^a   Macek, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 2342439145     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.5.759     Document Type: Article

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