Effect of early preventive dental visits on subsequent dental treatment and expenditures

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 749-756

  Beil, Heather ^a   Rozier, Richard Gary ^b   Preisser, John S ^b   Stearns, Sally C ^b   Lee, Jessica Y ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

dental treatment; early childhood caries; Medicaid claims

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; NORTH CAROLINA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865471970     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182551713     Document Type: Article

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