Utilization of health care services by elderly people with National Health Insurance in Taiwan: The heterogeneous health profile approach
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.022
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Latent class analysis; Health profiles; Health indicators; Health care services utilization; Elderly; Taiwan;All these keywords.
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