Influences of market competition on dental care utilization under the global budget payment system

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 459-464

  Tsai, Wen Chen ^a,d   Kung, Pei Tseng ^b   Chang, Wei Chieh ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dental utilization; Global budget payment system; Herfindahl Index; Market competition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUDGETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 36549086096     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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