Inequalities of dental prosthesis use under universal healthcare insurance

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-128

  Matsuyama, Yusuke ^a   Aida, Jun ^a   Takeuchi, Kenji ^a   Tsakos, Georgios ^b   Watt, Richard G ^b   Kondo, Katsunori ^c   Osaka, Ken ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

access; epidemiology; health services research; prosthodontics; public health policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH LOSS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84899412566     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12074     Document Type: Article

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