Insurance status and untreated dental caries in Virginia Schoolchildren

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-499

  Brickhouse, Tegwyn H ^a   Unkel, John H ^a   Porter, Allen S ^b   Lazar, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Health ^*

Author keywords

Access to care; Dental caries; Insurance; Schoolchildren; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 39749186587     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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