The dental care of U.S. children: Access, use and referrals by nondentist providers, 2003

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1324-1331

  Chu, May ^a   Sweis, Luciana E ^b   Guay, Albert H ^c   Manski, Richard J ^a,d  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Checkup; Dental care; Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; Referrals; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549002575     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0047     Document Type: Article

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