Taiwan's national health insurance system and the application of preventive care: the case of Pap smear testing

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 857-861

  Lin, Y J ^a   Chen, C S ^b   Liu, T C ^b   Lin, H C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MONITORING; INSURANCE SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 50049104447     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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