Choices and utilization in dental care: Public vs. private dental sectors, and the impact of a two-channel financed health care system

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-106

  Nguyen, Lien ^a   Häkkinen, Unto ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Choice of dental sector; Choice of service sector dentist; Dental care utilization; Finland; Three part model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST SHARING; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEES, DENTAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749817444     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0344-3     Document Type: Article

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