Effect of providing outreach oral health care to institutionalised elders in Hong Kong

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-267

  Rong, Wen Sheng ^a   Lo, Edward Chin Man ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Dental care; Elders; Oral health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349130800     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a17328     Document Type: Article

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