Patterns of outpatient care utilization by seniors under the National Health Insurance in Taiwan

Taiwan has one of the fastest growing aging populations in the world, which makes the effective allocation of scarce medical resources a key issue. This paper investigates patterns in the use of outpatient services by elderly individuals in Taiwan under the National Health Insurance (NHI) program. M...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wen-Chin Hsu, Yi-Ping Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664615004052