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Original Research

Mapping Regional Well-Being in the Universal Health Coverage System in Taiwan

Fuhmei Wang1 Department of Economics in College of Social Science and Department of Public Health in College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Haolun Weng2 Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Pages 2027-2035 | Published online: 08 Oct 2020

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