Effect of health insurance type on health care utilization in patients with hypertension: A national health insurance database study in Korea

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Suh, Hae Sun ^a   Kang, Hye Young ^b   Kim, Jinkyung ^c   Shin, Euichul ^d  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Konyang University   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Health; Hospitalization; Hypertension; Insurance

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84988662723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0570-9     Document Type: Article

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