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Different dental care setting: does income matter?
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Different dental care setting: does income matter?

Abstract

In this paper we consider the use of mobile dental clinics as a means of improving access to dental care among primary school children in Southern Thailand by reducing the opportunity cost of service use to parents. Parents' willingness to pay (WTP) is measured for three different services provided in a community hospital dental clinic and a school-based mobile clinic. Although the service setting does not affect significantly the WTP for …

Authors

Tianviwat S; Chongsuvivatwong V; Birch S

Journal

Health Economics, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 109–118

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

January 2008

DOI

10.1002/hec.1237

ISSN

1057-9230