Chapter 24 Economics of dental services

Handbook of Health Economics

Volumn 1, Issue PART B, 2000, Pages 1251-1296

  Sintonen, Harri ^a   Linnosmaa, Ismo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

cleanings; demand; dental care; economic evaluation; economies of scale; efficiency; examinations; extractions; fillings; inefficiency; input factor productivity; prevention; productivity; technical efficiency; total productivity; utilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956717764     PISSN: 15740064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0064(00)80037-2     Document Type: Review

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