The impact of national health insurance on the volume and severity of emergency department use

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-94

  Lin, Yeong Liang ^a   Hsiao, Chuhsing Kate ^b   Ma, Huei Ming ^a   Hsu, Hong Yuan ^a   Wang, Shih Ming ^a   Tseng, Yung Zu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Copayment; ED; National Health Insurance; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031973980     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90075-4     Document Type: Article

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