Adoption and implementation of policies to support preventive dentistry initiatives for physicians: A national survey of medicaid programs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Sams, Lattice D ^a   Rozier, R Gary ^b   Wilder, Rebecca S ^a   Quinonez, Rocio B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880159606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301138     Document Type: Article

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