Ambulatory care visits and quality of care: Does the volume-control policy matter?

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-342

  Yeh, Shu Chuan Jennifer ^a   Lo, Ying Ying ^a,b   Wan, Thomas T H ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Cost containment; Health policy; Quality of care; Universal health insurance

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

AMBULATORY CARE; COST CONTROL; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 26844482702     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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