The effect of national health insurance on mortality and the SES-health gradient: Evidence from the elderly in Taiwan

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-72

  Keng, Shao Hsun ^a   Sheu, Sheng Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

health inequality; mortality; National Health Insurance; SES health gradient

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84870544863     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1815     Document Type: Article

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