Private dental health expenditure in Greece by region and income: Comparison between the years 1987 and 1998

Community Dental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-216

  Koletsi Kounari, H ^a,b   Mandonanaki, M ^a   Stefaniotis, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expenditure; Greece; Private dental health expenditure; Region income

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ECONOMICS; GREECE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS;

DENTAL CARE; GREECE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 38049120026     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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