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The new co-payment policy under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance: welfare gain or welfare loss?

Wen-Yi Chen Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure Business Management, Nan Kai Institute of Technology, 568 Chung Cheng Road, Tsao Tun, 542, Nan Tou County, Taiwan, Republic of China. [email protected]
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Stephanie Bernell Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, 319 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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B Starr McMullen Professor of Economics, Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics, Oregon State University, 203 Ballard Extension Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
Pages 141-149 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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