Fewer people are on welfare rolls: does that mean that more children will receive dental care?
The number of welfare cases has been halved during this latest period of financial improvement. Can children who are "no longer poor" get dental care? A review of the complex interplay between welfare, Medicaid and dental services is provided.
Waldman
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Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8706, USA.
Perlman
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Swerdloff
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