Dental check-up of California's State Children's Health Insurance program

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-324

  Isong, Umo ^a   Weintraub, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dental health services utilization; Dental insurance; Dental utilization; Health services accessibility; SCHIP; State Children's Health Insurance program

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 33748574941     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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