Visits to non-dentist health care providers for dental problems

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 556-564

  Cohen, Leonard A ^a   Manski, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748679885     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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