Inpatient expenditures on alcohol-attributed diseases and alcohol tax policy: A nationwide analysis in Taiwan from 1996 to 2010

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 977-984

  Lin, C M ^a   Liao, C M ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol attributed disease; ARIMA; Medical expenditure; Tax; Time series

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TAX SYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL ATTRIBUTED DISEASE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TAX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; TAIWAN; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925582197     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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