Effectiveness of preventive dental visits in reducing nonpreventive dental visits and expenditures

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1107-1113

  Sen, Bisakha ^a   Blackburn, Justin ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^a   Kilgore, Meredith L ^a   Becker, David J ^a   Caldwell, Cathy ^b   Menachemi, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; CHIP; Dental expenditures; Preventive dental care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDREN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84878720698     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2586     Document Type: Article

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