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Wait no more : the use of private dental services by welfare recipients in Australia Hopkins, Sandra and Kidd, Michael P. 2008, Wait no more : the use of private dental services by welfare recipients in Australia, Journal of economic and social policy, vol. 12, no. 1, Summer, pp. 25-39. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads kidd-waitnomore-2008.pdf Published version application/pdf 912.93KB 27 Title Wait no more : the use of private dental services by welfare recipients in Australia Author(s) Hopkins, Sandra Kidd, Michael P. Journal name Journal of economic and social policy Volume number 12 Issue number 1 Season Summer Start page 25 End page 39 Publisher Southern Cross University, Centre for Policy Research Place of publication Tweed Heads, N.S.W. Publication date 2008 ISSN 1325-2224 Keyword(s) dental health social welfare Australia social policy supply and demand statistics demography health economics sex role income waiting times age factors health care card holders Summary Dental services in Australia are available both privately and publicly. However, access to public dental services, like access to public hospital services for non-urgent treatment, is subject to a considerable waiting period. Moreover, access to public dental services is restricted to certain categories of welfare beneficiaries who qualify for a health care card. Because of the waiting time for public treatment, there is a frequent call for more public dental resources. This paper addresses the issue of what the waiting time for public dental services represents. One view largely confirmed by our research is that state governments are using the waiting time as a way of trying to push more and more people into the private sector. We find that more and more health care card holders are using the private sector for dental services. Language eng Field of Research 140208 Health Economics Socio Economic Objective 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Southern Cross University, Centre for Policy Research Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017212 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Link to Related Work Wait no more : the use of private dental services by welfare recipients in Australia (deposited 20-07-2014) Southern Cross University, Centre for Policy Research Publisher (deposited 01-02-2013)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:50:54 EST Mon, 14 Dec 2009, 11:09:41 EST Mon, 14 Dec 2009, 11:10:48 EST Thu, 23 Sep 2010, 11:34:46 EST Fri, 01 Feb 2013, 13:17:33 EST Thu, 02 May 2013, 17:04:16 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 409 Abstract Views, 27 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:50:54 EST

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