Effects of enrollment in medicaid versus the State Children's Health Insurance Program on kindergarten children's untreated dental caries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 876-881

  Brickhouse, Tegwyn H ^c   Rozier, R Gary ^a   Slade, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049183473     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.111468     Document Type: Article

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