Impact of chronic condition status and severity on dental utilization for iowa medicaid-enrolled children

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-192

  Chi, Donald L ^a   Momany, Elizabeth T ^b   Neff, John ^c   Jones, Michael P ^b   Warren, John J ^d   Slayton, Rebecca L ^d   Weber Gasparoni, Karin ^d   Damiano, Peter C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

children with disabilities; dental care for chronically ill; dental care for disabled; dental utilization; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78751626186     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f81c16     Document Type: Article

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