Exploring changes in dental workforce, dental care utilisation and dental caries levels in Europe, 1990-2004

International Dental Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Pinilla, Jaime ^a,b   González, Beatriz ^a  

^a Schools of Economics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dental health; Dental healthcare utilisation; Numbers of dentists; Socio economic factors; Time series cross section analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65349107705     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/IDJ-2089Pinilla09     Document Type: Article

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