Developing management information from an administrative database of dental services: Identifying factors that influence costs

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-159

  Leake, James L ^a   Birch, Stephen ^b   Main, Patricia A ^a   Ho, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental; Dental records; Health services needs and demands; Health services research; Insurance; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744500435     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2005.tb02805.x     Document Type: Article

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