Measuring Oral Health Status
Theoretical and Methodological Challenges
Published in: Social Science Medicine, v. 38, 1994, p. 1531-1541
Posted on RAND.org on December 31, 1993
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The authors of this article on oral health status indices state that the scope of these measures needs to be expanded so that the indices have the same sort of breadth as general health indices. For example, holistic theories of illness need to be included, as well as both objective and subjective measures of oral health. Qualitative and quantitative methods should be considered in the construction of the indices.
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