Advances in health care in Taiwan: Lessons for developing countries

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 563-567

  Watt, John R ^a  

^a The ABMAC Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic; Epidemiological; Model; Preventive health; State medicine

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ISONIAZID; RABIES VACCINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LEADERSHIP; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RABIES; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 63049135760     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70017-8     Document Type: Review

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