2012
Health care utilization and health outcomes: a population study of Taiwan
Wang SY, Chen LK, Hsu SH, Wang SC. Health care utilization and health outcomes: a population study of Taiwan. Health Policy And Planning 2012, 27: 590-599. PMID: 22258470, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care utilizationCare utilizationDiabetes mellitusSystem diseasesCerebrovascular diseaseHealth outcomesMortality rateReduced health care utilizationSARS epidemicHealth careCause-specific mortality ratesGenitourinary system diseasesNervous system diseasesNational Health Insurance programRespiratory system diseasesDigestive system diseasesHealth care expendituresHealth Insurance ProgramVascular diseaseMonthly mortality ratesShort-term reductionMellitusInfectious diseasesDiseaseCare expenditures
2009
The impact on neonatal mortality of shifting childbirth services among levels of hospitals: Taiwan's experience
Wang SY, Hsu SH, Chen LK. The impact on neonatal mortality of shifting childbirth services among levels of hospitals: Taiwan's experience. BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9: 94. PMID: 19505330, PMCID: PMC2703635, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-94.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal community hospitalsNeonatal mortality rateCommunity hospitalNeonatal mortalityMaternity servicesChildbirth servicesMortality rateSARS epidemicSARS periodMethodsA population-based studyAdvanced hospitalsPopulation-based studySevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemicLevels of hospitalsObserved mortality rateMaternity mortalityMaternal deathsPregnant womenChildbirth careMaternity careHospitalMorality rateMortalityEpidemicSeven-year period