Does continuity of care matter in a health care system that lacks referral arrangements?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-162

  Cheng, Shou Hsia ^a   Hou, Yen Fei ^b   Chen, Chi Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Dayuan Township Public Health Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; emergency department visit; hospital admission; physician visit; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 79951930445     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq035     Document Type: Article

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