The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: The experience of Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lee, Yue Chune ^a   Huang, Yu Tung ^b   Tsai, Yi Wen ^c   Huang, Shiuh Ming ^d   Kuo, Ken N ^c   McKee, Martin ^e   Nolte, Ellen ^f  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d Office of Statistics   (Taiwan)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955105224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-225     Document Type: Article

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