Political or dental power in private and public service provision: A study of municipal expenditures for child dental care

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-342

  Andersen, Lotte Bøgh ^a   Bech, Mickael ^b   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MEDICAL FEE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; CHILD; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; COST CONTROL; DENMARK; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTISTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84863804656     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133111000119     Document Type: Article

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