The effect of Taiwan's national health insurance on mortality of the elderly: Revisited

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1257-1270

  Chang, Simon ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

elderly; mortality; Taiwan; universal health insurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84867102850     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1787     Document Type: Article

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