Patient-level and practice-level characteristics associated with receipt of preventive dental services: 48-Month incidence

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-217

  Gilbert, Gregg H ^a,b   Bader, James D ^c   Litaker, Mark S ^b   Shelton, Brent J ^d   Duncan, R Paul ^e  

^a Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Longitudinal; Practice characteristics; Practice pattern; Preventive services; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL AUDIT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 57349089267     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2007.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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