Dental insurance, income and the use of dental care in Canada

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bhatti, Taimur ^a,b   Rana, Zeeshan ^c   Grootendorst, Paul ^b,d  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SABA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental care economic; Health services needs demand; Health services research; Insurance, dental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; DENTAL CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846933810     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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