Achieving and Sustaining Universal Health Coverage: Fiscal Reform of the National Health Insurance in Taiwan

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 717-731

  Lan, Jesse Yu Chen ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; TAIWAN; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TAIWAN; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84992315995     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40258-016-0286-6     Document Type: Article

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