Cost-analysis of an oral health outreach program for preschool children in a low socioeconomic multicultural area in Sweden

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Wennhall, Inger ^a,b   Norlund, Anders ^c   Matsson, Lars ^b   Twetman, Svante ^d,e  

^a Region Skåne ^*  (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Early childhood caries; Fluoride tablets; Immigrants; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952273919     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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