Potentially preventable hospital use for dental conditions: Implications for expanding dental coverage for low income populations

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1048-1058

  Quiñonez, Carlos ^a   Ieraci, Luciano ^b   Guttmann, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to dental care; Costs; Dental care; Preventable dental conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051885510     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0097     Document Type: Article

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