Changes and factors associated with dentists' willingness to treat patients with severe disabilities

Health Policy

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 363-374

  Tsai, Wen Chen ^a   Kung, Pei Tseng ^b   Chiang, Hsien Hsiung ^c   Chang, Wei Chieh ^d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dental care; Dentist; Dentistry; Disabled patients; Rewards program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547900673     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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