Visiting the emergency department for dental problems: Trends in utilization, 2001 to 2008

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Helen H ^a   Lewis, Charlotte W ^a   Saltzman, Babette ^b   Starks, Helene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867548906     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300965     Document Type: Article

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