Characteristics of dentists providing dental care to publicly insured patients

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Pourat, Nadereh ^a,b   Roby, Dylan H ^b   Wyn, Roberta ^b   Marcus, Marvin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care; Dentist practice characteristics; Publicly insured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE;

EID: 35948987667     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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