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Children's dental visits and expenses, United States, 2003 /

This Statistical Brief presents estimates based on data from the Household Component of the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) on the proportion of children age 17 and under who utilize dental services, by race/ethnicity, age, sex, income, and geographical region. In addition, the data...

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Main Author: Brown, Erwin
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2006]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #117.
Subjects:
Dental caries in children > Prevention.
School children > Dental care.
Dental Care for Children > economics > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS102756
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Summary:This Statistical Brief presents estimates based on data from the Household Component of the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) on the proportion of children age 17 and under who utilize dental services, by race/ethnicity, age, sex, income, and geographical region. In addition, the data presented in the brief include measures from Healthy People 2010, a set of health objectives to be attained in the U.S. by 2010.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 23, 2008).
"March 2006."
Electronic resources.
Physical Description:7 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/23/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st117/stat117.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.