Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lang, Hui Chu ^a   Lai, Mei Shu ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTPATIENTS; PUBLIC OPINION; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549106034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-261     Document Type: Article

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