Disability and hospital care expenses among national health insurance beneficiaries: Analyses of population-based data in Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1589-1595

  Lin, Lan Ping ^a   Lee, Jiunn Tay ^b   Lin, Fu Gong ^a   Lin, Pei Ying ^c   Tang, Chi Chieh ^d   Chu, Cordia M ^e   Wu, Chia Ling ^f   Lin, Jin Ding ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disability; Hospitalization; Medical expenditure; National health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PARASITOSIS; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 79958293922     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.057     Document Type: Article

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