Impact of supplementary private health insurance on stomach cancer care in Korea: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shin, Dong Wook ^a   Jung, Kee Taig ^b   Kim, Sung ^c   Bae, Jae Moon ^c   Kim, Young Woo ^a   Ryu, Keun Won ^a   Lee, Jun Ho ^a   Noh, Jae Hyung ^c   Sohn, Tae Sung ^c   Yun, Young Ho ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; AGED; CANCER STAGING; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STOMACH TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRIVATE SECTOR; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69049087768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-133     Document Type: Article

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