Why people select the outpatient clinic of medical centers: a nationwide analysis in Taiwan

Introduction In contrast to other countries, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) program allows patients to freely select the specialists and tiers of medical care facility without a referral. Some medical centers in Taiwan receive over 10,000 outpatients per day. In the NHI program, the co-pay...

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Main Authors: Ming-Hwai Lin, Hsiao-Ting Chang, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9829.pdf