Our current geriatric population: Demographic and oral health care utilization

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 717-728

  Douglass, Chester W ^a,b   Jiménez, Monik C ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care and demand; Geriatric; Living arrangement; Old age; Population trends; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908216342     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: 15580512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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