Changes in drug prescription utilization for diabetic and hypertensive outpatients after initiation of the National Health Insurance's Global Budget Program in Taiwan

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Chou, Chih Chieh ^a   Hu, Kun Yi ^a   Wu, Ni Ren ^b   Cheng, Yeong Huang ^a   Loh, Ching Hui ^a   Yeh, Ming Kung ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Global budget; Hypertension; Medicine utilization; National health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TABLET; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATE MEDICINE; TAIWAN;

EID: 43549099766     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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