Institutional care for people with disabilities in Taiwan: A national report between 2002 and 2007

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Yen, Chia Feng ^a   Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Wu, Jia Ling ^b   Kang, Shih Wan ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disability welfare; Institutional care; People with disabilities; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 57249108287     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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