Households’ precautionary behaviors—the effects of the introduction of National Health Insurance in Taiwan
✍ Scribed by Shin-Yi Chou; Jin-Tan Liu; James K. Hammitt
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1569-5239
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