The demand for healthcare under Taiwan's national health insurance: A count data model approach

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Lin, Yu Hui ^a   Chen, Wen Yi ^a  

^a NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

National health insurance; Negative binomial hurdle model; Price elasticity; Quality elasticity; Two part count data model

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL HURDLE MODEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHORT FORM 36; TAIWAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHM; BUDGET; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BUDGETS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN;

EID: 68349158167     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.9.1.13     Document Type: Article

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