Researchers from Department of Epidemiology Detail Findings in Health Insurance (Is Taiwan’s National Health Insurance a perfect system? Problems…

Researchers from Department of Epidemiology Detail Findings in Health Insurance (Is Taiwan's National Health Insurance a perfect system? Problems related to health care utilization of the aboriginal population in rural townships)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Fresh data on Health Insurance are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Atlanta, Georgia, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "National Health Insurance (NHI) was implemented in Taiwan in 1995, and has significantly increased coverage to 99% of the population. The implementation of NHI has had large impacts on health disparities."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Department of Epidemiology, "Despite that, the NHI faces multiple challenges, including the condition of 'coverage without access' among the Taiwanese aboriginal population, mostly residing in mountainous townships and experiencing lower socioeconomic status, decreased health outcomes, and limited access to adequate high-quality health care services. This paper summarizes the persistent health gap and the differences in health care utilization and health outcomes between the aboriginal population in rural townships and urban populations in Taiwan. Mountainous townships face challenges including lack of access to high-quality health care services and limited medical resources."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Further policy recommendations and current progress are highlighted and discussed."

For more information on this research see: Is Taiwan's National Health Insurance a perfect system? Problems related to health care utilization of the aboriginal population in rural townships. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2018;():.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y.T. Lee, Dept. of Epidemiology, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Additional authors for this research include Y.H. Lee and W.A Kaplan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2653. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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