Utilization of health care services by elderly people with National Health Insurance in Taiwan: The heterogeneous health profile approach

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 246-255

  Liu, Li Fan ^a   Tian, Wei Hua ^b   Yao, Hui Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health care services utilization; Health indicators; Health profiles; Latent class analysis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84870056150     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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