Utilization patterns of Chinese medicine and Western medicine under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan, a population-based study from 1997 to 2003

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chang, Lee Chin ^a,c   Huang, Nicole ^a   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Lee, Chen Hua ^b   Kao, Feng Yu ^b   Huang, Yi Tsau ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE MEDICINE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WESTERN MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 51849098523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-170     Document Type: Article

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