Use of health care services and costs of psychiatric disorders among national health insurance enrollees in Taiwan

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1427-1430

  Chien, I Chia ^a,b   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Lin, Ching Heng ^a   Bih, Shin Huey ^c   Chang, Hong Jen ^a,d   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Tsaotun Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^c Bali Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; TAIWAN;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 9644272446     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.12.1427     Document Type: Article

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