Exploring the relationship between medical resources and health status: An empirical study of crude and accidental death rates in 23 counties in Taiwan

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-359

  Hong, Y I Chen ^a   Lin, Chin Hung ^b,c  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accidental death rate; Crude death rate; Resource concentration; Traffic access

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149321285     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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