Aggressive strategic planning for oral health in Kuwait: A decade of post-war successes

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 216-227

  Morris, R E ^a   Gillespie, G M ^b   Al Za'abi, F ^a   Al Rashed, B ^a   Al Mahmeed, B E ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; KUWAIT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK REDUCTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREND STUDY; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTS; DMF INDEX; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KUWAIT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; WAR;

EID: 44449120256     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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