The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on August 04, 2010

Authors

Yue-Chune Lee1, Yu-Tung Huang, Yi-Wen Tsai, Shiuh-Ming Huang, Ken N Kuo, Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan.

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