Pattern of Visits to Older Family Physicians in Taiwan
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Pattern of Visits to Older Family Physicians in Taiwan
Many family physicians still practice at an old age. Nevertheless, their practice patterns have scarcely been studied. To address this lack of research, the current study analyzed claims data for a total of 2,018,440 visits to 171 family physicians in 2011 sourced from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. Family physicians aged 65 years and over had fewer patients (mean: 2330, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14050499