Socioeconomic inequalities in dental services utilisation in a Norwegian county: The third Nord-Trøndelag Health Survey

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 648-655

  Vikum, Eirik ^a   Westin, Steinar ^a   Krokstad, Steinar ^a   Holst, Dorthe ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dental care; dental services research; horizontal inequity index; income; public health; social inequalities; socioeconomic factors; utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869033760     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494812458989     Document Type: Article

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