Disparity of medical care utilization among different health insurance schemes in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 613-620

  Cheng, Shou Hsia ^a   Chiang, Tung Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Availability of providers; Health insurance; Physician services

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE UTILISATION;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TAIWAN;

HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031858983     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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