Hospital emergency department visits attributed to pulpal and periapical disease in the United States in 2006

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-9

  Nalliah, Romesh P ^a   Allareddy, Veeratrishul ^b   Elangovan, Satheesh ^a   Karimbux, Nadeem ^a   Lee, Min Kyeong ^a   Gajendrareddy, Praveenkumar ^c   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; epidemiology; hospitalizations; outcomes; periapical lesions; public health; pulpal lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78650173648     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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