Insurance covered and non-covered complementary and alternative medicine utilisation among adults in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1183-1189

  Shih, Shu Fang ^a,b   Lew Ting, Chih Yin ^b   Chang, Hsing Yi ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); Help seeking; National Health Insurance; Taiwan; Traditional chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 49049088894     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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