Role of Pediatricians in the Ambulatory Care of Children in Taiwan, 1999-2011

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 226-234

  Chuang, Chieh Mao ^a,b   Chan, I Ching ^a,b   Lee, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Tsao, Pei Chen ^a,b   Yang, Chia Feng ^a,b   Soong, Wen Jue ^a,b   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,b   Jeng, Mei Jy ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ambulatory care; children; health care; National Health Insurance Research Database; pediatrician

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEWBORN; OTOLARYNGOLOGIST; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84938742727     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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