Dental care presents the highest level of financial barriers, compared to other types of health care services

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2176-2182

  Vujicic, Marko ^a   Buchmueller, Thomas ^b   Klein, Rachel ^c  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009216303     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0800     Document Type: Article

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