Estimating unit costs for dental service delivery in institutional and community-based settings in southern Thailand

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-93

  Tianviwat, Sukanya ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b   Birch, Stephen ^c,d  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based dental clinic; Dental services; Hospital based dental clinic; Schoolchildren; Unit cost

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MOUTH HYGIENE; THAILAND;

EID: 57849088282     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539508327246     Document Type: Article

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