Four-year cost-utility analyses of sealed and nonsealed first permanent molars in Iowa Medicaid-enrolled children

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 191-198

  Bhuridej, Patita ^b   Kuthy, Raymond A ^a,c   Flach, Stephen D ^c   Heller, Keith E ^c   Dawson, Deborah V ^c   Kanellis, Michael J ^c   Damiano, Peter C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost utility; Cost benefit analysis; First permanent molars; Medicaid; Pit and fissure sealants

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTITION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; IOWA; MALE; MEDICAID; MOLAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35948962408     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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