Taiwan's path to national health insurance (1950-1995)

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-53

  Son, Annette Hye Kyung ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Historical circumstance; Labour Insurance; National Health Insurance Programme; State structure; Statutory health insurance; The Nationalist government on Taiwan; The timing of adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041616239     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00151     Document Type: Article

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