Doctor, my tooth hurts: The costs of incomplete dental care in the emergency room

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Davis, Elizabeth E ^a   Deinard, Amos S ^b   Maïga, Eugenie W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cost analysis; dental therapist; health care access; hospital emergency room; oral health care; public health dentistry; uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIODONTITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; RETREATMENT; STATISTICS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PERIAPICAL ABSCESS; PERIODONTITIS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETREATMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956298118     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2010.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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