Patterns of ambulatory care utilization in Taiwan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We used the insurance claims of a representative cohort to quantify the patterns of ambulatory care visits, especially the doctor-shopping phenomenon, in Taiwan.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The ambulatory visit file...

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Main Authors: Chou Li-Fang, Chen Tzeng-Ji, Hwang Shinn-Jang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/54