Different dental care setting: Does income matter?

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-118

  Tianviwat, Sukanya ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b   Birch, Stephen ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to dental care; Dental setting; Income; WTP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINIC; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CLINICS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; THAILAND;

EID: 38949148262     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1237     Document Type: Article

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