Access to dental care for low-income adults: Perceptions of affordability, availability and acceptability

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Wallace, Bruce B ^a   MacEntee, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to care; Dentistry; Oral health disparities; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857040113     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9412-4     Document Type: Article

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