Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 442-447 , September 2004

Private Dental and Prescription-Drug Coverage in Children: Data From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

  • Alex Y. Chen, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Alex Y. Chen, MD, MSHS, Division of Research on Children, Youth, and Families, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mail Stop 30, Los Angeles, CA 90027
    • From the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif

Received 21 January 2004 ,Accepted 20 May 2004.

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 Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif, May 2004.

PII: S1530-1567(05)60339-5

doi: 10.1367/A04-011R1.1

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 442-447 , September 2004

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