Modelling workforce skill-mix: How can dental professionals meet the needs and demands of older people in England?

British Dental Journal

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gallagher, J E ^a,b   Kleinman, E R ^c   Harper, P R ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Denmark Hill Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ENGLAND; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC DENTISTRY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77149179369     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.106     Document Type: Article

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