Demographic variables affecting patient referrals from general practice dentists to periodontists

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-349

  Zemanovich, Mark Roy ^a   Bogacki, Russell E ^a   Abbott, David M ^a   Maynard Jr , J Gary ^a   Lanning, Sharon K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic survey; Dentistry; General practice; Periodontics; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNERSHIP PRACTICE, DENTAL; PERIODONTICS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33646372988     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.050125     Document Type: Article

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