The effect of dental care on cardiovascular disease outcomes: An application of instrumental variables in the presence of heterogeneity and self-selection

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1241-1256

  Brown, Timothy Tyler ^a   Dela Cruz, Erin ^a   Brown, Stephen Scott ^a  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; dental care; essential heterogeneity; instrumental variables

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052537851     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1667     Document Type: Article

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