Oral health provisions in U.S. health care reform

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1471-1479

  Edelstein, Burton L ^a,b   Samad, Farina ^a,c,d   Mullin, Libby ^a,c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Dental Health Project   (United States)

^c Mullin Strategies   (United States)

^d Children's Dental Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Dental benefits; Dental care for children; Dental health services; Dentistry; Government affairs; Insurance; Medicaid; National health programs; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651400871     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0110     Document Type: Article

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