Cost-effectiveness of a telephonedelivered education programme to prevent early childhood caries in a disadvantaged area: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pukallus, Margaret ^a,b   Plonka, Kathryn ^b   Kularatna, Sanjeewa ^c   Gordon, Louisa ^c   Barnett, Adrian G ^d   Walsh, Laurence ^a   Seow, W Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Oral Health Program (Logan Beaudesert Division) Metro South Health   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARIES PREVENTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG COST; EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84878456018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002579     Document Type: Article

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