Giving policy some teeth: Routes to reducing disparities in oral health

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 404-412

  Fisher Owens, Susan A ^a   Barker, Judith C ^b   Adams, Sally ^b   Chung, Lisa H ^b   Gansky, Stuart A ^b   Hyde, Susan ^b   Weintraub, Jane A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH PAIN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749097409     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.404     Document Type: Review

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