Private dentists assess treatment required as more extensive, demanding and costly, than public sector dentists

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-368

  Tuominen, Risto ^a,b   Eriksson, Anna Leena ^c   Vahlberg, Tero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Dental Services Unit City of Turku   (Finland)

Author keywords

Costs; Dental services; Economics; Private sector; Public sector

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864280304     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2012.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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