A comparison of medical and dental outcomes for Medicaid-insured and uninsured Medicaid-eligible children: A U.S. population-based study

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1403-1412

  Fisher, Monica A ^a   Mascarenhas, Ana Karina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Asthma; Caries; Dental care utilization; Health status; Medicaid; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249138519     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0078     Document Type: Article

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