Networked remote area dental services: A viable, sustainable approach to oral health care in challenging environments

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 334-338

  Dyson, Kate ^a   Kruger, Estie ^a   Tennant, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Innovation; Remote; Service model

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MOUTH DISEASE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOUTH DISEASES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870286967     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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