Is regular visiting associated with lower costs? Analyzing service utilization patterns in the first nations population in Canada

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-122

  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 records; Health services needs and demands; Health services research; Insurance, dental; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; ESKIMO; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INUITS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OFFICE VISITS; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE;

EID: 33745165271     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb02566.x     Document Type: Article

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