Community Dental Health

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Cover Date:
March 2016
Print ISSN:
0265 539X
Vol:
33
Issue:
1

Identifying and prioritising areas of child dental service need: a GIS-based approach

Identifying and prioritising areas of child dental service need: a GIS-based approach

Aim: To identify and prioritise areas of high need for dental services among the child population in metropolitan Western Australia. Design: All children hospitalised due to an oral-condition from 2000 to 2009, at metropolitan areas of Perth were included in the analysis of a 10-year data set. QGIS tools mapped the residential location of each child and socioeconomic data in relation to existing services(School Dental Service clinics).

Key words: Geographic Information System, hospital admissions, child oral health, Australia

doi:10.1922/CDH_3853Alsharif06

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Page Start
33
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38
Authors
A.T. Alsharif, E. Kruger, M. Tennant

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