Alcohol tax policy in relation to hospitalization from alcohol-attributed diseases in Taiwan: A nationwide population analysis of data from 1996 to 2010

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1544-1551

  Lin, Chih Ming ^a   Liao, Chen Mao ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol Attributed Disease; Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average; Morbidity; Tax; Time Series

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOL TAX; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TAX;

ALCOHOL-ATTRIBUTED DISEASE; AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE; MORBIDITY; TAX; TIME SERIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883258207     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12128     Document Type: Article

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