Health insurance coverage, medical expenditure and coping strategy: Evidence from Taiwan

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fang, Kuangnan ^a   Shia, Ben Chang ^b   Ma, Shuangge ^a,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Health insurance coverage; Medical expenditure; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84870291447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-442     Document Type: Article

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