Dental service patterns among private and public adult patients in Australia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brennan, David S ^a   Luzzi, Liana ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kaye F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 39549104327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-1     Document Type: Article

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