Consumers' choice of dentists: How and why people choose dental school faculty members as their oral health care providers

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 695-704

  Kim, M Julie ^a   Damiano, Peter C ^b   Hand, Jed ^b   Denehy, Gerald E ^b   Cobb, Deborah S ^b   Qian, Fang ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinic management; Dental school clinic; Dental school faculty; Dentist; Dentist selection; Faculty; Health care marketing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; IOWA; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861837317     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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