Household out-of-pocket medical expenditures and national health insurance in Taiwan: Income and regional inequality

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Chu, Tu Bin ^a   Liu, Tsai Ching ^a,b   Chen, Chin Shyan ^a,b   Tsai, Yi Wen ^c   Chiu, Wen Ta ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; TAIWAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGED; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 24944581257     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-60     Document Type: Article

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