Application of a single sampling plan for auditing medical-claim payments made by Taiwan National Health Insurance

Health Policy

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-195

  Fu, Hwai Hui ^a   Tsai, Hsien Tang ^b   Lin, Ching Wei ^c   Wei, Duan ^d  

^a FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Mgmt Coll Natl Sun Yat sen U   (Taiwan)

^c Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d Fin Monetary Div Natl Plcy F   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Medical claim payments; Sampling audit process; Single sampling plan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SAMPLING; TAIWAN;

FINANCIAL AUDIT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 4444268473     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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